Question 276 · LEK · Gastric cancer
Which of the statements is true about the spread of stomach cancer?
- A. stomach cancer rarely metastasizes to lymph nodes.
- B. in curative surgeries lymphadenectomy does not play a significant role as metastases to lymph nodes are rare.
- C. in its advanced stage stomach cancer typically metastasizes to the lungs.
- D. Krukenberg tumour is not related to stomach cancer.
- E. in early-stage stomach cancer metastases to lymph nodes are rare, but can be present when the submucosa is invaded.
Hint
Think about how nodal spread in early gastric cancer depends on the depth of invasion (mucosa versus submucosa).
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