"STAGING
T1 Submucosal
T2 Muscle involvement
T3 Serosal involvement
T4 Adjacent organs
Node involvement is 5% in T1 and 65% in T3
PROGNOSIS:5yr survival
Stage I 60%
Stage II 34%
Stage III 20%
Stage IV 7%
TREATMENT:
30% inoperable at presentation due to distant metatstases.
30% have unresectable tumours at time of surgery.
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