Dr Jin Young Park, the Team Leader of the Gastric Cancer Prevention Team at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), recently travelled to the Republic of Korea to take part in a symposium and meet research staff and scientists from the National Cancer Center of the Republic of Korea (NCCK). Scientists from IARC and NCCK discussed the progress of the Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Gastric Cancer Prevention in the Republic of Korea (HELPER) study.