Question 289 · LEK · Gastric cancer
A 62-year-old male patient with a gastroscopy-confirmed gastric cancer located in the stomach body region without distant metastases (T2N0M0) who received cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy was admitted to the general surgery ward for surgical management. Select the correct management:
- A. total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy.
- B. total gastrectomy without lymphadenectomy.
- C. subtotal gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy.
- D. subtotal gastrectomy without lymphadenectomy. 98 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych https://test.cem.edu.pl/pytcem/wyswietl_baza_pdf.php
- E. endoscopic surgery - endoscopic submucosal resection.
Hint
Consider the tumour location within the stomach and the standard lymph node dissection in curative gastric cancer surgery.
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