

Type of dissection
Nodal group
Station
Number
D1
N1
Paracardia
1 – 2
Lesser/Greater Curvature
3 – 4
Suprapyloric
5
Infrapyloric
6
D2
N2
Left Gastric Artery
7
Common Epatic Artery
8
Celiac Axis
9
Splenic Artery/Hilum
10 – 11
Hepatoduodenal Ligamentum
12
D3
N3
Others (distant nodes)
13 – 16
Evidences: Surgical nodes dissection
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Gastric Cancer - 2011