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Nodal Group
Station
Number
Upper 3
rd
(%)
Middle 3
rd
(%)
Lower 3
rd
(%)
N = 339
N = 318
N = 150
Paracardia
1 – 2
22
9
Lesser/Greater Curvature
3 – 4
25
36
37
Suprapyloric
5
12
Infrapyloric
6
15
49
Left Gastric Artery
7
19
22
23
Common Epatic Artery
8
7
11
25
Celiac Axis
9
13
8
13
Splenic Artery/Hilum
10 – 11
11
Hepatoduodenal Ligamentum
12
8
Others (distant nodes)
13 – 16
Target Volume Delineation Upper 3rd
Tepper JE, Gunderson L – Radiother Oncol - 2002