Early gastric carcinoma conned to -
Mucosa
Mucosa and submucosa
Muscularis, mucosa and submucosa
Lymph nodes
Early gastric cancer is denied as adenocarcinoma limited to the mucosa and submucosa of the stomach, regardless of the lymph node status.
Approximately 10% of patients with early gastric cancer are found to have lymph node metastasis on presentation,
Overall cure rate with adequate gastric resection and lymphadenectomy is -95%.
It has the best prognosis among stomach cancer subtypes.