Gut Microbiome Changes Linked to Precancerous Colon Polyps
Understanding the link between the gut microbiome and polyp growth opens the door to potential screenings and treatments.
About Daniel Chung, MD
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Colon cancer screening
- Familial adenomatous polyposis / Gardner syndrome
- Familial pancreatic cancer
- Hereditary colon cancer
- Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
- Lynch syndrome
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-5996
Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
- Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary cancer syndromes.
- Cancer surveillance in hereditary cancer syndromes.
- New approaches to colon cancer screening.
- The hypoxic microenvironment in colon cancer.
- Angiogenesis in colon cancer.
- Molecular genetics of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Publications
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Select 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.
- 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
- Gala MK, Mizukami Y, Le LP, Moriichi K, Austin T, Yamamoto M, Lauwers GY, Bardeesy N, Chung DC. Germline mutations in oncogene-induced senescence pathways are associated with multiple sessile serrated adenomas. Gastroenterology. 2014;146(2):520-9. PMID: 24512911
- Adar T, Rodgers LH, Shannon KM, Yoshida M, Ma T, Mattia A, Lauwers GY, Iafrate AJ, Chung DC. A tailored approach to BRAF and MLH1 methylation testing in a universal screening program for Lynch syndrome. Mod Pathol. 2017;30(3):440-7. PMID: 28059100.
- Adar T, Rodgers LH, Shannon KM, Yoshida M, Ma T, Mattia A, Lauwers GY, Iafrate AJ, Hartford NM, Oliva E, Chung DC. Universal screening of both endometrial and colon cancers increases the detection of Lynch syndrome. Cancer. 2018 May 11. PMID: 29750335
- Nguyen LH, Goel A, Chung DC. Pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis. Gastroenterology. 2019 Oct 14. pii: S0016-5085(19)41441-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.08.059. PMID: 3162262
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Dr Chung is an exceptional doctor. I am so blessed to be his patient.
Dr. Chung was very knowledgeable, kind and offered options.
Dr. Chung is an amazing doctor so grateful to see him.
OUTSTANDING...!!
Always a pleasure to see Dr Chung. He is thorough, caring and always willing to help if you need him.
Dr. Chung is a wonderful doctor. He is kind and very thoughtful. He is very clear about what I should expect with any tests etc and explains things in a way that is very clear and understandable. I would recommend him very highly.
I have seen Dr. Chung for the last 16 years for my colonoscopy and recently for the problem that I have with my GI and he is very, very knowledgeable and very professional and he listens very carefully and he prescribes the right medication and right test. I really like him and I hope that his appointment was a little bit more sooner. I got the ... Read More
I would like to thank the hospital of Main General for taking care of us and for their attention. The care provider was excellent, the team was excellent, since I first visited the hospital, to undergo the surgery. Special thanks to the surgeon [Bordiyano], as well as the care provider, and the follow up doctor in this hospital. I would like to ... Read More
He was very "present" with me.