The increasing issues of globalization and caring for our populations have created a unified effort of all healthcare stakeholders worldwide. Population health has emerged to integrate public health, health policy, quality and safety, as well as chronic care management under one roof. Although the concept of population health has been around for generations, a measurable definition of “population-level health outcomes” with the health factors and policy/interventions that influence it was not reported until Kindig and Stoddart in 2003. This focus series of global GI malignancies from a population health management perspective is intended to provide a broad overview of relevant topics.
Global GI malignancies: a population health management perspective
Value-based focused global population health management
A discussion of the gut microbiome’s development, determinants, and dysbiosis in cancers of the esophagus and stomach
The brain–gut axis in gastrointestinal cancers
The role of oral health in gastrointestinal malignancies
State of the art vaccination strategies as primary prevention to reduce incidence of gastrointestinal cancers
Value-based chronic care model approach for vulnerable older patients with multiple chronic conditions
Esophageal cancer: the rise of adenocarcinoma over squamous cell carcinoma in the Asian belt
Gastric cancer: lessons learned from high-incidence geographic regions
Addressing the worldwide hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology, prevention and management
Global trends in pancreas cancer among Asia-Pacific population
Implications of the growing incidence of global colorectal cancer
Disclosure:
The series “Global GI Malignancies” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology without any sponsorship or funding. John F. Gibbs and Quyen Chu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.