¡PARTICIPE DE UN ESTUDIO DE INVESTIGACIÓN! Buscamos participantes para un estudio sobre factores sociales que afectan el cuidado del cáncer de cuello uterino en Puerto Rico REQUISITOS PARA PARTICIPAR Tener 21 años o más. Haber tenido lesiones pre-cancerosas en el cuello uterino o cáncer de cuello uterino entre el 2010 al 2024. Haber vivido en Puerto Rico al momento del diagnóstico de lesiones pre-cancerosas o cáncer en el cuello uterino. ¿EN QUÉ CONSISTE? Participar en una entrevista grupal. La participación es voluntaria y confidencial. Recibirá un incentivo de $30.00 por su participación. PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN Llame: 787-772-8300 Ext. 1102, 1107, 1121 Escriba a: Verónica García vegarcia@cccupr.org Melisa Ramos meramos@cccupr.org Logos Recinto de Ciencias Medicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Centro Cmprensivo de Cancer, Center for the Promotion of Cancer Health Aprobado por el CCCUPR IRB Diciembre 2, 2024

Do you want to help identify social factors that impact cervical cancer care?

The study “Social Determinants of Health Associated with Cervical Cancer-Related Care Across the Cancer Control Continuum Among Women Living with HIV in Puerto Rico” (NIGMS Grant #1P20GM148324-01) aims to explore the impact of social determinants of health (SDoH) on the continuum of cervical cancer care (screening, diagnosis, and treatment) in people living with HIV in…

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on “Cancer Screening and Primary Care” in Cancers Journal – Deadline October 31, 2025

The Special Issue of /Cancers/ “Cancer Screening and Primary Care” is now open for submission. I invite you or one of your colleagues to contribute an original research or review article. Cancers is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal of oncology, published semi-monthly online by MDPI. The impact factor of the journal is 4.5 (2023). Special…

Trainees from Puerto Rico and the United States who completed the scientific research training program known as the "Cancer Prevention and Control Research Training Program" (CAPAC) at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center during the closing session of the 2024 cycle.

CAPAC Research Program at UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center Concludes Inaugural Session, Opens Applications for 2025 Cycle

The Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Puerto Rico (CCCUPR) successfully concluded the inaugural session of its scientific research training program, known as the “Cancer Prevention and Control Research Training Program” (CAPAC). “The CAPAC participants had the opportunity to present their findings from cancer research projects they worked on over the summer, under the…

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New Education and Research Program at the UPRCCC!

The University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UPRCCC) is proud to announce its second NIH-sponsored cancer training program, the Research Education Program on Microbes, Infections, and Cancer (REPMIC), funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with a grant of $1,853,572. This program is designed to train young Puerto Rican researchers in topics…

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Join the Fight Against HPV-Related Cancers: CAMPO Study Seeks Participants for Clinical Trials in Puerto Rico

The California-Mexico-Puerto Rico (CAMPO) Consortium (part of the National Cancer Institute-funded US-Latin American-Caribbean HIV/HPV-Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network [ULACNet, NCI grant # U54CA242646) conducts clinical trials (CTs) to prevent HPV-related cancers among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Mexico and Puerto Rico (PR). In PR, the CAMPO study is led by Dr. Ana Patricia Ortiz,…