Vol. 29 No. 3 (2010): September - Special issue on Cancer

Vol. 29 No. 3 (2010)

Published August 10, 2010
September - Special issue on Cancer

Editorial

Ana P. Otiz, Marcia Cruz-Correa
Cancer in Puerto Rico: Disease Burden, Public Policy, Research and Training
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Review Article

Fernando Cabanillas
Vitamin C and Cancer: What can we Conclude - 1,609 Patients and 33 Years Later?
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Elsa Pedro, Idaliz Lugo-Rosado, María Rojas-Brenes
Regulations and Recommendations for Appropriate Disposal of Antineoplastics
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Jim Klostergaard, Kenia Parga, Raphael G. Raptis
Current and Future Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patient Management
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Vivian Colón-López, Ana P. Ortiz, Joel Palefsky
Burden of Human Papilloma Virus Infection and Related Comorbidities in Men: Implications for Research, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion among Hispanic Men
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Original Study

Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Javier Pérez-Irizarry, Heriberto Marín-Centeno, Ana P. Ortiz, Natalia Torres-Berríos, Mariela Torres-Cintrón, Taína de la Torre-Feliciano, José Laborde-Rivera, William A. Calo, Nayda R. Figueroa-Vallés
Productivity Loss in Puerto Rico’s Labor Market due to Cancer Mortality
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William A. Calo, Carlos Suárez-Balseiro, Erick Suárez, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Eduardo J. Santiago-Rodríguez, Ana P. Ortiz
Assessing the Scientific Research Productivity of Puerto Rican Cancer Researchers: Bibliometric Analysis from the Science Citation Index
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Farah A. Ramírez-Marrero, Ellen Smit, Taína De la Torre-Feliciano, Javier Pérez-Irizarry, Sandra Miranda, Maritza Cruz, Nayda R. Figueroa-Vallés, Carlos J. Crespo, Cruz M. Nazario
Risk of Cancer among Hispanics with AIDS Compared with the General Population in Puerto Rico: 1987–2003
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Ana P. Ortiz, Orquídea Frías, Carmen González-Keelan, Erick Suárez, David Capó, Javier Pérez, Fernando Cabanillas, Edna Mora
Clinicopathological Factors associated to Her-2 Status in a Hospital-based Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in Puerto Rico
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Eileen Charneco, Ana P. Ortiz, Heidi L. Venegas-Rios, Josefina Romaguera, Sharee Umpierre
Clinic-based Case-control Study of the Association between Body Mass Index and Endometrial Cancer in Puerto Rican Women
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Heriberto A. Marín, Elba Díaz-Toro
The Effect of the Smoke-Free Workplace Policy in the Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Restaurants, Pubs, and Discos in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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David Lozada, Ricardo H. Brau
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Intracranial Tumors: Puerto Rico Experience
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Ernesto P. Esteban, Camille García, Verónica De La Rosa
Modeling a Radiotherapy Clinical Procedure: Total Body Irradiation
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Gloria González-Tejera, Andrea Gaedigk, Susan Corey
Genetic Variants of the Drug-metabolizing Enzyme CYP2D6 in Puerto Rican Psychiatry Patients: a Preliminary Report and Potential Implications for Breast Cancer Patients
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Jesús A. Rodríguez, Luis Rivero, Matilde L. Sánchez-Peña, Clara E. Isaza, Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos
Two Novel Nonparametric Methods for Cancer Diagnosis through Microarray Analysis
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Eneida M. De La Torre-Lugo, Luz D. Figueroa, Jorge L. Sánchez, Adisbeth Morales-Burgos, Daniel Conde
Skin Cancer in Puerto Rico: a Multiannual Incidence Comparative Study
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Special Article

Mariela Torres-Cintrón, Ana P. Ortiz, Javier Pérez-Irizarri, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Nayda R. Figueroa-Vallés, Taína De La Torre-Feliciano, Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, William A. Calo, Erick Suárez-Pérez
Incidence and Mortality of the Leading Cancer Types in Puerto Rico: 1987-2004
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Case Report

Cristina N. Brau-Javier, Jorge L. Sánchez
Cutaneous Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma Metastasis in a 6 year-old Boy
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Letter to the Editor

Ilka C. Rios
Cancer Research Training in Puerto Rico: Challenges and Opportunities
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