Step I Gastric carcinoma - local/distant metastasis?

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Hey,

FA says that gastric adenocarcinoma is early aggressive and that local spread happens to nodes/liver. Pathoma however says "distant metastasis to liver". How is the liver distant relative to the stomach? FA says local which makes more sense.
 
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