Stomach Cancer Study
Project background
Stomach cancer has been consistently ranked in the top five cancer incidences among people of Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese descent. While Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) screening and treatment have been implemented in Asian countries in order to reduce stomach cancer mortality, these same guidelines have not been applied to Asian communities with high stomach cancer rates in Western countries. Moreover, there is a lack of national guidelines on stomach cancer screening.
Project Description
The purpose of this project is to identify the unmet needs crucial to increasing H. pylori identification and eradication as well as Stomach Cancer screening among the high-risk and understudied Asian population in Orange County, California.
Target population
35-75 year old Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese individuals residing in Southern California
project funding
This project is funded by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California-Irvine (UCI).