This study used CK8/18 to evaluate micrometastases in lymph nodes to identify clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of GC with metastasis or micrometastasis to LN14v, and it demonstrated location, pN stage, Bormann type, and the LN6 metastatic status were predictive factors for LN14v metastasis or micrometastasis, implying that tumors located in the M or L area, with stage pN3a or N3b, Bormann III or IV subtypes, and metastasis in LN 6 were likely to be presented with LN14v metastasis or micrometastasis. Here, KRT8 is linked to gastric cancer.