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Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Research Breakthrough: Discovery of New Genes that cause Gastric Cancer

31 Jul 2014

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The research group from Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU publishes the world’s largest and most comprehensive genomics study of gastric cancer which encompasses 100 patients.

(Left) Professor Leung Suet-yi, Y W Kan Professor in Natural Sciences, Chair Professor (Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics & Genomics), Department of Pathology and (Right) Professor Yuen Siu-tsan, Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU discover different subtypes of gastric cancers based on their molecular features in the study.