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Regional Lymph Nodes
Localisation using TNM 8th edition
Regional lymph nodes, irrespective of the
site of the primary those in the
oesophageal drainage – including:
• paraoesophageal
• paratraechael
• dorsal medistinum
• lung hilum
• inferior thyroid artery
Institute of Pathology | Alexander Quaas
Gastrointestinal Cancer Group Cologne (GCGC)
• left gastric artery (celiac axis)
paraesophageal in the neck
How many we need
>7 lymph nodes