All are features of early gastric carcinoma except:
Mucosal involvement
Submucosal involvement
Muscularis propria involvement
Dysplasia with Ca in situ
Ans. is 'c' ie Muscularis Propria involvement Early gastric cancer is defined as adenocarcinoma limited to the mucosa and submucosa of the stomach regardless of the lymphonodi 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.
Malignant Gastric Disease