Community Outreach
As a part of Gastric Cancer Initiative, one of our goals is to educate not only physicians but the community at large about high-risk individuals who may benefit from screenings. If you are a community organization and wish to engage with us, please contact: Dr. Joo Ha Hwang or Dr. Robert Huang.
ResearchMD interviewed Dr. Hwang on Gastric Cancer Screening and Surveillance
Gastric cancer is rare, but not as rare as we think. This makes screening and surveilling patients at high risk extremely important, but with no current guidelines available on how to do so, what steps can we take to make a difference in gastric cancer outcomes? To find out, Dr. Peter Buch speaks with Dr. Joo Ha Hwang, a Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center who shares his insights on the early detection of gastrointestinal malignancie
Congratulations again Dr. Hwang and thank you for your work!
Stomach Cancer hits Asian Populations Harder
Gastric cancer remains a leading cause of death, particularly in Asia. In an article published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology that reviews the literature on gastric cancer rates, Joo Ha Hwang, MD, PhD, cites that Asian Americans, particularly Korean Americans, are at an unusually high risk for gastric cancer, despite the disease's rare occurrence among non-Hispanic whites.