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Lymph node groups and station numbers.
Red: Pericolic/perirectal lymph nodes
Blue: Intermediate lymph nodes
Yellow: Main lymph nodes
Green: Lateral lymph nodes
Gray: Downward lymph nodes
White: Lymph nodes proximal to the main lymph nodes
Reprinted with permission from the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum and Kanehara & Co., Ltd.: Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma- the 3rd English edition, 2019.
