Stomach Cancer Risk Factors Singapore Study | Age, Smoking, Genetics
A Duke-NUS and NUHS study shows age, smoking, oral bacteria, and genetic mutations interact to raise stomach cancer risk up to 6x in Singapore. Learn key findings, prevention tips.
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Professor Khay Guan Yeoh is Senior Vice President (Health Affairs) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Chief Executive of the National University Health System (NUHS). He concurrently holds the position of Kishore Mahbubani Professor in Medicine and Health Policy in the Department of Medicine at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He practices as a Senior Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the National University Hospital (NUH). Professor Yeoh served as Dean of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine from 2011 to 2018.
Professor Yeoh received his MBBS from NUS in 1987 and his Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) in 1992, for which he was awarded the Seah Cheng Siang Gold Medal. He completed specialty training in gastroenterology at NUH. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Glasgow, and a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. His research focuses on the early detection of gastric and colorectal cancers, and he serves as Lead Principal Investigator of the Singapore Gastric Cancer Consortium. He has authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications and chairs the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee of the Health Promotion Board, Ministry of Health. His awards include the Nishi-Takahashi Lectureship at the 9th International Gastric Cancer Conference in 2011, the National Medical Excellence Award as Outstanding Clinician Scientist from the Ministry of Health in 2013, the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2016, and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2022.
A Duke-NUS and NUHS study shows age, smoking, oral bacteria, and genetic mutations interact to raise stomach cancer risk up to 6x in Singapore. Learn key findings, prevention tips.