“Not only is country of birth a key risk factor for gastric intestinal metaplasia, there is considerable variability among countries – even those with geographic proximity,” said Dr. Shria Kumar, a researcher in gastrointestinal cancer risk mitigation at Sylvester. “Recognizing the varied odds of GIM in Latin American and Caribbean countries, we now know that we need to carefully and precisely identify risk by country of birth, and our findings may help shape screening and surveillance programs in the United States and other countries that have large immigrant populations.”