KROK 1 2018 – Question 20 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 63-year-old man suffers from esophageal carcinoma, presents with metastases into the mediastinal lymph nodes and cancerous cachexia. What pathogenetic stage of neoplastic process is observed in the patient?
- A. Progression
- B. Promotion
- C. Initiation
- D. Transformation
- E. -
Hint
Use the clinical findings of spread to distant sites and systemic wasting to decide how far the tumour has advanced along the sequence of carcinogenesis.
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