<prompt> Most common type of gastric carcinoma is?Squamous cell carcinomaAdenocarcinomaLymphomaLeiomyosarcoma  <response>: Ans. is b i.e., Adenocarcinoma Gastric carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of stomach. About 85 of stomach cancers are adenocarcinoma. Most common site of gastric carcinoma is pylorus and antrum 50-60, followed by cardia 25 and body or fundus remainder. The lesser curvature is involved in about 40 and greater curvature in 12. Thus favored location is lesser curvature of antropyloric region. Carcinoma associated with pernicious anemia autoimmune gastritis or type A gastritis occurs in fundus. 