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Incidence and mortality rates of selected infection-related cancers in Puerto Rico and in the United StatesAna P Ortiz
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Infect Agent Cancer 5:10. 2010....- Diabetes is associated with chronic liver disease and liver cancer in the adult population of Puerto RicoAna P Ortiz
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
P R Health Sci J 30:132-4. 2011..We assessed the association of DM with CLD and with HCC in a population of Puerto Rican adults with health insurance... - Factors associated with cervical cancer screening in Puerto RicoAna P Ortiz
University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PMB 711, 89 De Diego Ave, Ste 105, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00927 6346
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A58. 2010..We identified factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women aged 18 years or older living in Puerto Rico... - Awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic tests and use of genetic tests among Puerto Rican adults, 2009Ana Patricia Ortiz
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A110. 2011..We aimed to determine the prevalence and correlates of awareness of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests and the prevalence of genetic test use in a population-based sample of adults in Puerto Rico... - Clinicopathological factors associated to HER-2 status in a hospital-based sample of breast cancer patients in Puerto RicoAna P Ortiz
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan
P R Health Sci J 29:265-71. 2010..The prevalence and correlates of HER-2 overexpression in this study are comparable to those observed in US populations. Study results will aid in the development of breast cancer control strategies in Puerto Rico... - Endometrial cancer in Puerto Rico: incidence, mortality and survival (1992-2003)Ana Patricia Ortiz
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
BMC Cancer 10:31. 2010..Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in Puerto Rico and the United States (US)... - Seroepidemiology of viral hepatitis, HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in the household population aged 21-64 years in Puerto RicoCynthia M Pérez
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
BMC Infect Dis 10:76. 2010..This study estimated, for the first time, prevalence estimates of serologic markers of HCV, HBV, HAV, HIV and HSV-2 in the adult population of Puerto Rico and assessed variations across sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics... - Incidence and mortality of the leading cancer types in Puerto Rico: 1987-2004Mariela Torres-Cintrón
Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR
P R Health Sci J 29:317-29. 2010..Cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and is the second cause of death in Puerto Rico (PR). This article describes the incidence and the mortality from cancer in PR for the period of 1987 to 2004... - Association between adiposity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors among adults living in Puerto RicoCristina Palacios
Nutrition Program, Department of Human Development, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR
Public Health Nutr 14:1714-23. 2011.... - Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Non-Hispanics Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics in the USAErick Suarez
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
BMC Cancer 9:129. 2009..We compared the age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates of OPC between PR and among USA Hispanics (USH), Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), and Non-Hispanic Blacks (NHB) to assess the burden of this cancer in PR... - Factors associated with metabolic syndrome in a sample of women in Puerto RicoJosefina Romaguera
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Menopause 17:388-92. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and demographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics in a sample of women living in Puerto Rico... - Knowledge of viral hepatitis among Puerto Rican adults: implications for preventionMarievelisse Soto-Salgado
UPR MDACC Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Program, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PMB 371 P O Box 70344, San Juan, PR 00936 8344, Puerto Rico
J Community Health 36:565-73. 2011..Health education must be focused on transmission and prevention methods, including the availability of a vaccine for HAV and HBV, especially among those with chronic liver disease... - Survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in Puerto RicoCarlos Romero Marrero
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936 5067
P R Health Sci J 28:105-13. 2009..This study compared the survival distribution and relative survival of HCC in Puerto Rico (PR) during 1988-1992 and 1998-2002... - Assessing the scientific research productivity of Puerto Rican cancer researchers: bibliometric analysis from the Science Citation IndexWilliam A Calo
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Puerto Rico Cancer Center, San Juan
P R Health Sci J 29:250-5. 2010..The objective of this study was to characterize trends in cancer-related research publications by authors affiliated to Puerto Rican institutions in recent decades... - Using a socioeconomic position index to assess disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, Puerto Rico, 1995-2004Mariela Torres-Cintrón
University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, PMB 315 PO Box 70344, San Juan, PR
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E15. 2012..The objective of this study was to create an area-based socioeconomic position (SEP) index to assess possible socioeconomic disparities in incidence and mortality of selected cancers in Puerto Rico... - Feasibility of collecting biologic specimens in population-based surveys: experiences from the epidemiology of hepatitis C in the household, adult population of Puerto Rico studyCynthia M Pérez
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
P R Health Sci J 29:18-25. 2010.... - Clinic-based case-control study of the association between body mass index and endometrial cancer in Puerto Rican womenEileen Charneco
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR
P R Health Sci J 29:272-8. 2010..Obesity is an established risk factor for endometrial cancer (EC). This association, however, has not been studied in Puerto Rico, where overweight and obesity have reached epidemic levels (38% and 26%, respectively)... - Prevalence of urinary incontinence and its association with body mass index among women in Puerto RicoMagdalena López
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 5067, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1607-14. 2009..This study estimated UI prevalence and its association with body mass index (BMI) in a population-based sample of 276 female residents of Bayamón, Puerto Rico (PR) aged 21-64 years... - Incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, and non-Hispanic blacks in the United States, 1998-2002Marievelisse Soto-Salgado
Puerto Rico Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cancer 115:3016-23. 2009..Incidence and mortality trends and relative differences among racial/ethnic groups by sex and age were determined... - Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in San Juan, Puerto RicoCynthia M Pérez
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 5067, USA
Ethn Dis 18:434-41. 2008..We assessed the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in Puerto Rican adults... - Clinical conditions associated with environmental exposures: an epidemiologic study in two communities in Juana Díaz, Puerto RicoWilliam A Calo
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Graduate School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, San Juan, PR 00936 5067
P R Health Sci J 28:126-34. 2009.... - HIV-related risk behaviors among a sample of men who have sex with men in Puerto Rico: an overview of substance use and sexual practicesVivian Colón-López
Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
P R Health Sci J 30:65-8. 2011..The aim of this study was to describe HIV-related risk behaviors in a sample of MSM in PR... - Burden of human papillomavirus infection and related comorbidities in men: implications for research, disease prevention and health promotion among Hispanic menVivian Colón-López
Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico
P R Health Sci J 29:232-40. 2010..Specific recommendations for advancing HPV research and knowledge among Hispanic populations also are suggested... - Bibliometric assessment of cancer research in Puerto Rico, 1903-2005Ana P Ortiz
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rev Panam Salud Publica 25:353-61. 2009..The main aim of this study is to present the characteristics and trends of cancer publications in Puerto Rico's biomedical journals and their relationship with the island's cancer mortality... - Productivity loss in Puerto Rico's labor market due to cancer mortalityKaren J Ortiz-Ortiz
Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR
P R Health Sci J 29:241-9. 2010..In Puerto Rico (PR), cancer is the second leading cause of death and the disease that causes most premature deaths, representing about 15% of them. Thus, premature death due to cancer decreases the productivity capacity in PR... - Hepatitis C in Puerto Rico: a time for public health actionCynthia M Pérez
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936 5067
P R Health Sci J 26:395-400. 2007.... - Outcome and predictors of kidney disease progression in Puerto Ricans with systemic lupus erythematosus initially presenting with mild renal involvementMariely Nieves-Plaza
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR
J Clin Rheumatol 17:179-84. 2011..The aims of this study were to determine the outcomes and predictors of renal disease progression in Puerto Ricans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) initially presenting mild renal involvement...