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No Stomach for Cancer funds gastric cancer research

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No Stomach for Cancer recently awarded two $50,000 grants to facilitate research projects that will improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer, according to an organization press release.

“We are pleased to support both of these extraordinary research projects which will increase our understanding of the evolution of gastric cancer and its underlying causes,” Beth Lambert, chair of No Stomach for Cancer, said in a press release. “It is the goal of NSFC to continue to fund research that is essential in leading to a cure for stomach cancer. NSFC is working to increase the amount of funding and support to eradicate stomach cancer.”

The first research grant will provide David Huntsman, MD, from the University of British Columbia and Carla Oliveira, PhD, from Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal with funding for research into how the CDH1 gene functions in relation to the development of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC). Their research will identify more variants of CDH1 and find additional genes that have role in HDGC and other forms of gastric cancer.

The second research grant will support Luis Carvajal-Carmona, PhD, from the University of California at Davis, in his research to identify causes of familial stomach cancer through DNA sequencing. In order to aid the families in which the genetic test does not predict cancer risk, his research will focus on families from around the world for whom there is no known cause of cancer aggregation.

Founded in 2009, No Stomach For Cancer, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about stomach cancer. The organization's mission is to support research and unite the caring power of people worldwide affected by stomach cancer.