Publications by authors named "Cindy M Pabon"

Background: Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) in gastroesophageal (GE) malignancies are exceedingly rare. Historically, treatment for LM has included steroids, radiation, chemotherapy, and intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy. However, the outcomes in GE malignancies with LM remain poor.

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Cervical cancer is a health crisis affecting women and their families across the world. It is known that developed countries have comprehensive protocols with recommendations regarding workforce, expertise, and medical resources to address this common cancer among women. In contrast, disparities in addressing cervical cancer remain present in Latin America and Caribbean countries.

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Advanced end-of-life care (EOL) comprises a group of strategies to provide comfort to patients at the end of life. These are associated with better quality of life, better satisfaction, and a lower rate of hospitalizations and aggressive medical treatment. Advanced EOL care, including advanced directives completion and hospice enrollment, is suboptimal among Hispanic/Latinx patients with cancer due to personal, socio-cultural, financial, and health system-related barriers, as well as due to a lack of studies specifically designed for this population.

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Introduction: Despite advances in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), long-term survival remains low. In 1994, it was proposed that leukemic stem cells (LSCs) played a key role in relapsed and refractory disease. LSCs are capable of self-renewal, proliferation, differentiation, immune evasion, and drug resistance through several unique mechanisms.

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