Top-tier journals cover NTUH’s bacteria screening

CANCER PREVENTION: The ‘Journal of the American Medical Association’ and the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’ covered NTUH’s two-in-one bacteria screening By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source A two-decade research effort by National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to develop a two-in-one screening program for Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that increase the risk of colorectal and stomach cancer, has been featured in leading international medical journals and could potentially be adopted by some eastern European and South American countries. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month, while guidelines developed in collaboration with experts from 20 countries were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. NTUH