Table 5.

Percentage of all involved abdominal lymph node stations in upper vs. lower esophageal cancers. (i.e., cervical nodes represented 5% of the total number of FDG-avid nodal stations in upper thoracic tumors)

	Tumor location
Abdominal nodal stations	Upper thoracic	Lower thoracic
1 (Right paracardial)	0	8
2 (Left paracardial)	0	2
3 (Lesser curvature)	0	10
4 (Greater curvature)	0	1
5 (Suprapyloric)	0	0
6 (Infrapyloric)	0	0
7 (Left gastric)	1	16
8 (Common hepatic)	0	2
9 (Celiac)	0	7
10 (Splenic hilum)	0	0
11 (Splenic)	0	2
12 (Hepatoduodenal)	0	2
13 (Posterior pancreatic head)	0	1
14 (Superior mesenteric)	0	0
15 (Middle colic)	0	0
16 (Para-aortic)	0	3