AGA’s research awards program is made possible through the generous donations of AGA members and donors. Funding GI research through a gift to the AGA Research Foundation helps support talented investigators.
As illustrated by the recent breakthrough below, the AGA Research Foundation helps grow the research pipeline while making a real difference.
Advancing early detection for gastric cancer
A new blood test, the Destinex assay, accurately identified gastric cancer — even at its earliest stage — in a study of 809 specimens from 480 patients. These results position Destinex as a promising, noninvasive tool that could transform screening and save lives. Funded by the AGA Research Foundation’s Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer, this work highlights innovative approaches to fight a disease that remains the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, largely because it is often diagnosed too late and current screening relies on invasive, costly endoscopy.
2020 AGA Research Foundation awardee: Ajay Goel, PhD, AGAF
This work was published in JAMA Surgery.
Read more in Medscape.
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