DCEG Collaborator Wei-Cheng You Recognized

DCEG Director Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., recently recognized Dr. Wei-Cheng You, Director of the Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, for his groundbreaking research into the causes and prevention of gastric cancer. A longtime DCEG collaborator and former visiting scientist in DCEG's Biostatistics Branch, Dr. You has been a leader in genetic and epidemiologic studies into the environmental risk factors associated with gastric cancer and precancerous lesions. In a seminal investigation of a high-risk population in China, he was instrumental in conducting and coordinating a long-term intervention trial that has demonstrated a protective effect of antibiotic treatment for Helicobacter pylori, the main causal agent for this cancer, as well as protective effects of certain micronutrients.