Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit
Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic
- Phone: 617-726-3544
- Departments
- Gastroenterology
- Department of Medicine
Specialties
- Cancer Center
- Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Stomach Cancer
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Colorectal Cancer
- Digestive Healthcare Center
- Colorectal Center
- Clinical Interests
- Colon cancer screening
- Lynch syndrome
- Hereditary colon cancer
- Familial adenomatous polyposis / Gardner syndrome
- Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
- Familial pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Carcinoid tumor
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Research
The hypoxic microenviroment in colon cancer.
Angiogenesis in colon cancer.
Molecular genetics of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary colon cancer and other gastrointestinal hereditary cancer syndromes.
Publications
Mizukami Y, Jo WS, Duerr EM, Gala M, Li J, Zhang XB, Zimmer MA, Iliopoulos O, Zukerberg LR, Lynch MP, Rueda BR, Chung DC. Induction of interleukin-8 preserves the angiogenic response in HIF-1 deficient colon cancer cells. Nature Medicine, 2005, 11:992-97.
Duerr EM, Mizukami Y, Ng A, Xavier RJ, Kikuchi H, Deshpande V, Glickman J, Warshaw AL, Kulke MH, Chung DC. Defining molecular classifications and targets in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors through DNA microarray analysis. 2008, Endocrine Related Cancer, 15:243-56.
Pino MS, Kikuchi H, Zeng M, Herraiz MT, Sperduti I, Berger D, Park DY, Iafrate AJ, Zukerberg LR, Chung DC. The epithelial to mesenchymal transition is impaired in colon cancer cells with microsatellite instability. Gastroenterology. 2009 Dec 21
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