PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the feasibility of using community outreach and clinical assessment to identify persons at high risk for gastric cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the presence of gastric cancer (GC) associated risk factors amongst the diverse ethnic populations (in greater Orange and Los Angeles Counties).
II. To determine the proportion of high-risk patients who are willing to undergo upper endoscopy.
III. To identify actionable diagnoses on upper endoscopy of high-risk individuals.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. To assess population-based understanding of gastric cancer.
OUTLINE:
PART I: Participants complete questionnaires, undergo collection of a blood sample, and undergo an H. pylori breath test for gastric cancer risk assessment at baseline.
PART II: High-risk participants are assigned to cohort I and non-high risk participants are assigned to cohort II.
COHORT I: Participants may undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with possible tissue biopsy within 3 months of baseline risk assessment and complete questionnaires annually up to 3 years.
COHORT II: Participants complete questionnaires for re-assessment annually up to 3 years and may undergo EGD at year 2.
Participants are followed up annually for a total of 3 years.