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GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA<br />

TNM: REGIONAL LYMPH NODES (LN*)<br />

NX: regional LN not assessed;<br />

N0: no regional LN metastasis;<br />

N1: metastasis in 1 - 6 regional LN;<br />

N2: metastasis in 7 - 15 regional LN;<br />

N3: metastasis in > 15 regional LN;<br />

* = perigastric nodes (along lesser and greater curvatures) and<br />

nodes located along left gastric, common hepatic, splenic and celiac<br />

arteries (for pN, lymphadenectomy specimen will contain at least 15<br />

LN);<br />

- involvement of other intra - abdominal lymph nodes (e.g.,<br />

hepatoduodenal, retropancreatic, mesenteric and para - aortic LN,<br />

classified as distant metastasis)

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