YU Tianhang 1,2 , ZHANG Weihan 1,2 , CHEN Xinzu 1,2,3,4 , HU Jiankun 1,2
  • 1. Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Ya’an Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Ya’an People’s Hospital (West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University), Ya’an, Sichuan 625000, P. R. China;
  • 4. Ya’an Key Laboratory for Plateau Medicine, Ya’an People’s Hospital (West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University), Ya’an, Sichuan 625000, P. R. China;
CHEN Xinzu, Email: chenxinzu@scu.edu.cn; HU Jiankun, Email: hujkwch@126.com
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Objective To review the lymph node metastasis pattern and its dissection value among adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) patients, in order to assist suitable individualized lymph node dissection strategies for diverse AEG patients. Methods The reports about lymph node metastasis and the value of dissection of AEG worldwide in recent years were retrieved and summarized. Results The sites with higher lymph node metastasis rate of AEG included No.1, No.2, No.3, No.7 lymph nodes, etc. and sites with higher lymph node metastasis rate often benefit from dissection. Lymph node metastasis was related to factors such as tumor size and location, and lymph node dissection at individual sites is still controversial. Conclusion The lymph node dissection range of AEG is highly controversial, especially for Siewert type Ⅱ AEG, which still requires prospective multicenter studies to prove.