J Gastric Cancer.  2011 Jun;11(2):86-93.

Clinical Significance of the Pattern of Lymph Node Metastasis Depending on the Location of Gastric Cancer

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. chongsuk@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
When performing a laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy, a function-preserving gastrectomy is performed depending on the location of the primary gastric cancer. This study examined the incidence of lymph node metastasis by the lymph node station number by tumor location to determine the optimal extent of the lymph node dissection.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The subjects consisted of 1,510 patients diagnosed with gastric cancer who underwent a gastrectomy between 1996 and 2005. The patients were divided into three groups: upper, middle and lower third, depending on the location of the primary tumor. The lymph node metastasis patterns were analyzed in the total and early gastric cancer patients.
RESULTS
In all patients, lymph node station numbers 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11 metastases were dominant in the cancer originating in the upper third, whereas station numbers 4, 5, 6 and 8 were dominant in the lower third. In early gastric cancer patients, the station number of lymph nodes with a metastasis did not show a significant difference in stage pT1a disease. On the other hand, a metastasis in lymph node station number 6 was dominant in stage pT1b disease that originated in the lower third of the stomach.
CONCLUSIONS
When performing a laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy for early gastric cancer, a limited lymphadenectomy is considered adequate during a function-preserving gastrectomy in mucosal (T1a) cancer. On the other hand, for submucosal (T1b) cancer, a number 6 node dissection should be performed when performing a pylorus preserving gastrectomy.

Keyword

Stomach neoplasms; Tumor location; Lymphatic metastasis

MeSH Terms

Gastrectomy
Hand
Humans
Incidence
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes
Lymphatic Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pylorus
Stomach Neoplasms

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Percentages of metastatic lymph nodes according to the tumor location. (A) Total patient. (B) T1a (mucosa). (C) T1b (Submucosa).


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