Which of the following statements about Gastric carcinoma is true: (A) Squammous cell carcinoma is the most common histological subtype, (B) Often associated with Hypochlorhydria\/ Achlohydria, (C) Occult blood in stool is not seen, (D) Highly Radiosensitive tumor
Answer is B. Achlorhydria is associated with intestinal metaplasia which is a risk factor for developing gastric carcinoma. most common histological type is adenocarcinoma, a patient will have occult blood in the stool