Rethinking gastric cancer prevention through an immigrant health lens

Chul S Hyun¹, Sarah Soyeon Oh², Lawrence Wu³, Ryan H Moy³, Jae Il Shin^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. chul.hyun@yale.edu.
² Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Severance Underwood Meta-research Center, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Chul S Hyun et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 21.

doi: 10.1038/s41575-025-01098-0. Online ahead of print.

Chul S Hyun¹, Sarah Soyeon Oh², Lawrence Wu³, Ryan H Moy³, Jae Il Shin^{4

5}

¹ Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. chul.hyun@yale.edu.
² Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Severance Underwood Meta-research Center, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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