Publications by authors named "Yelitza Ruiz-Candelaria"
Barriers for Compliance to Breast, Colorectal, and Cervical Screening Cancer Tests among Hispanic Patients.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2015
Hispanics are less likely to undergo screening tests for colorectal cancer and cervical cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Compliance with mammography, fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), colonoscopy, and cervical smears (PAP) and barriers for compliance were studied. A descriptive study was performed with 194 ambulatory patients while they attended routine medical visits.
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- Anemia is common in HIV-infected Hispanic patients, with a prevalence of 41.5%, and is linked to a higher risk of mortality in this group.
- Factors associated with increased odds of anemia include unemployment, low CD4 count, high viral load, low white blood cell count, and having clinical AIDS, while higher BMI is linked to lower odds of anemia.
- Survival rates show significant differences based on anemia status, with one-year mortality rates rising from 2.5% for patients without anemia to 30.8% for those with severe anemia, indicating that anemia is a critical factor in predicting mortality.
The frequency of K-RAS mutations ranges between 30% and 48% among the Caucasian, Asian, and European populations and these mutations are predictors of response to EGFR therapies. We sought to determine the expression of K-RAS gene mutations among colorectal cancer patients in PuertoRico. A retrospective study was conducted to determine the expression of mutant K-RAS among colorectal cancer patients in Puerto Rico between April 2009 and January 2011.
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