Erika Ruiz-Garcia: These women are making history

Erika Ruiz-Garcia, Chief of the Translational Medicine Laboratory at the National Institute of Cancerology in Mexico City, shared a post on X:

“Thanks to diverse perspectives and approaches to gastric cancer, these women are making history.”

Yelena Janjigian, shared this post, adding:

“Amazing to see what you built Erika. Keep going.”

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Erika Ruiz-Garcia is a Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and the Chief of the Translational Medicine Laboratory at the National Institute of Cancerology in Mexico City.

She serves on the Membership Committee and the Gastrointestinal Oncology Editorial Board of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Additionally, she is the President-Elect of the Education Program for 2025-2026 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Yelena Janjigian is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Chief of Gastrointestinal Oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Giants of Cancer Care and is a member of the International Gastric Cancer Association Council.

She is on the Editorial Board of OncoDaily. Her research and clinical practice improve treatment outcomes for GI malignancies. As an expert in esophageal and stomach cancers, she has led studies that set the standard of care.