Exploring the Burden of Stomach Cancer
Dr. Dorothy Long Parma of UT Health San Antonio and her colleagues conducted a recent study to analyze gastric cancer rates in South Texas, Texas, and the United States.
“We found that overall stomach cancer incidence rates in Texas and South Texas were higher than i
n non-Latino Whites, despite lower frequencies in the state and South Texas region compared to the United States,” said Long Parma, assistant professor/research at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) in the Department of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.
Let’s explore the study findings, reasons behind the rates, and what to do about it.
Check out the full story on Long Parma and the work on stomach cancer at Salud America!, a national health program led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of the IHPR in the Department of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.