Question 468 · LEK · Gastric cancer
Select the first-line treatment in a patient with gastric adenocarcinoma without submucosal infiltration and at minimal risk for metastases:
- A. gastric sleeve surgery.
- B. tumour cryoablation.
- C. H. pylori eradication with endoscopic follow-up in 6 months.
- D. submucosal dissection of the tumour.
- E. Nissen surgery.
Hint
A cancer confined to the mucosa with negligible nodal risk can be removed en bloc without opening the abdomen.
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