Table 1 Comparisons of the nomenclature and grouping of mediastinal lymph nodes as proposed by the AJCC/UICC and JES systems for patients with esophageal cancer
AJCC/UICC system | JES system |
|---|---|
Station 2R: upper right paratracheal lymph nodes | Station 106recR: right recurrent laryngeal nerve nodes |
Station 2L: upper left paratracheal lymph nodes | Station 106recL: left recurrent laryngeal nerve nodes |
Station 8U: upper thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes | Station 105: upper thoracic paraesophageal lymph nodes |
Station 4R: right lower paratracheal lymph nodes | Station 106pre: pretracheal lymph nodes |
Station 106tbR: right tracheobronchial lymph nodes | |
Station 4L: left lower paratracheal lymph nodes | Station 106tbL: left tracheobronchial lymph nodes |
N/A | Station 113: ligamentum arteriosum lymph nodes |
N/A | Station 114: anterior mediastinal lymph nodes |
Station 7: subcarinal lymph nodes | Station 107: subcarinal lymph nodes |