True about early gastric cancer is: (A) Limited to serosa, (B) Chemotherapy, (C) Lymph node metastasis present, (D) Limited to mucosa and submucosa
Answer is D. Based on histological features, WHO classified gastric tumors into : Early gastric carcinoma is defined as a cancer limited to the mucosa and submucosa with or wthout perigastric lymph node metastasis Advanced gastric carcinoma: extends below the submucosa into the muscular wall. GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY RAMDAS NAYAK FIRST EDITION PGNO.385 IMAGE REF: GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY RAMDAS NAYAK SECOND EDITION FIG. 18.8 PAGE NO: 489