Table 1. Numbering of lymph nodes (LNs) according to the old classification of Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer (1).

Station nr	Lymph nodes
1	Right cardiac nodes
2	Left cardiac nodes
3	Nodes along the lesser curvature
4	Nodes along the greater curvature
5	Suprapyloric nodes
6	Infrapyloric nodes
7	Nodes along the left gastric artery
8	Nodes along the common hepatic artery
9	Nodes around the coeliac axis
10	Nodes at the splenic hilus
11	Nodes along the splenic artery
12	Nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament
13	Nodes at the posterior aspect of the pancreas head
14	Nodes at the root of the mesenterium
15	Nodes in the mesocolon of the transverse colon
16	Para-aortic lymph nodes

Adapted from Degiuli M et al. World J Gastroenterol 2016 March 14; 22(10): 2875-2893; with permission.