Prognostic Value of Metastatic No.8p LNs in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Table 2

Details of pathological stage and univariate correlation analysis of No.8p LNs.

	Characteristics	No.8p+ group	No.8p− group	value
		(%)	(%)
T stage	T1	1 (4.2)	45 (17.3)	0.024
	T2	0 (0)	36 (13.8)
	T3	1 (4.2)	21 (8.1)
	T4	22 (91.6)	158 (60.8)
N stage	N0	0 (0.0)	82 (31.5)	0.000
	N1	0 (0.0)	47 (18.1)
	N2	2 (8.3)	52 (20.0)
	N3a	9 (37.5)	56 (21.5)
	N3b	13 (54.2)	23 (8.8)
M stage	M0	0 (0)	236 (90.8)	0.000
	M1	24 (100.0)	24 (9.2)
pTNM stage	IA	0 (0)	36 (13.8)	0.000
	IB	0 (0)	17 (6.5)
	IIA	0 (0)	23 (8.8)
	IIB	0 (0)	30 (11.5)
	IIIA	0 (0)	34 (13.1)
	IIIB	0 (0)	46 (17.7)
	IIIC	0 (0)	48 (18.5)
	IV	24 (100.0)	26 (10.0)

pTNM stage is based on the Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma: 3rd English edition.
M1 include positive extraregional lymph nodes (), peritoneal metastasis (), hepatic metastases (), and Krukenberg tumor ().