Meeting report
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S1
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Volume 4 Supplement 1
Second Annual International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Conference
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Edited by Camille Ragin and Emanuela Taioli
Publication supported in part by the University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and by the National Institute of Health, grant number R13CA130596A.
Second Annual International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Conference. Go to conference site.
Miami, FL, USA
12-13 May 2008
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Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa
African American men have the highest prostate cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. Although the overall incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer has bee...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S2
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Microarray comparison of prostate tumor gene expression in African-American and Caucasian American males: a pilot project study
African American Men are 65% more likely to develop prostate cancer and are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer, than are Caucasian American Males. The explanation for this glaring health disparity is st...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S3
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Are food patterns associated with prostate cancer in Jamaican men: a preliminary report
Morbidity and mortality data highlight prostate cancer as the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in Jamaican males. This report examines the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Ja...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S5
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Ethnicity and cancer in Guyana, South America
The Cancer Registry of Guyana, a population-based registry was established in 2000. Over the past eight years, data has been collected from the national referral hospital and other public and private instituti...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S7
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The prevalence of cervical cytology abnormalities and human papillomavirus in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major etiologic agent in the development of cervical cancer and its natural history of infection is altered in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S8
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Comparisons of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations
Disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates exist among women of African ancestry (African-American, African-Caribbean and African). Persistent cervical infection with Human papillomavirus (HP...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S9
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Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine – a survey of the general population
The United States (US) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with the purpose of reducing the risk of cervical cancers caused by HPV 16 and HPV 18. It is impor... Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S10
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High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women
Vaccines, that target human papillomavirus (HPV) high risk genotypes 16 and 18, have recently been developed. This study was aimed at determining genotypes commonly found in high-risk and multiple-HPV infectio...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S11
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Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study
Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) is active in the metabolism of estrogens to reactive catechols and of different procarcinogens. Several studies have investigated the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of CYP...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S12
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Leptin levels and leptin receptor polymorphism frequency in healthy populations
The leptin receptor gene (LEPR) polymorphism Q223R is one of the most common in the general population, and is thought to be associated with an impaired signaling capacity of the leptin receptor and with higher m...
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S13
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Comparison of knowledge and attitudes toward cancer among African Americans
It has been noted that the African American population in the U.S. bears disproportionately higher cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any racial and ethnic group for most major cancers. Many studies als...
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