Actividad educativa sobre el cáncer para la comunidad
Hablemos de cáncer
This event, a community outreach and educational symposium is organized by the U56 Partnership Outreach and Education Programs with the help of the Administrative Cores and both institutions. The second annual community focus group to identify barriers and benefits of cancer related services and screening in the Ponce, Puerto Rico community, will be held February 20, 2010. Local participants will have access to discussions and forums focusing on prevention, nutrition, cancer investigations, self esteem, and motivation. In addition, in smaller breakout sessions patients will have the opportunity to ask questions of experts in different sub-specialties.
Partnership
The geographic proximity and large Hispanic populations in Florida and Puerto Rico have driven the formation of an academic partnership between the Ponce School of Medicine and Moffitt Cancer Center. The complementary expertise at both institutions provides a synergistic means of studying the cancer problem in Puerto Ricans, and in the Hispanic population in general. Effective working relationships between the leadership and investigators from both institutions are focused on four target areas: basic research; cancer education and training; outreach; and tissue procurement.
Cancer Statistics for Puerto Rico
Cancer statistics are available at Departamento de Salud. Investigators can find general statistics but also statistics by cancer type. Scroll down to Hojas informativas de Estadísticas de Cáncer en Puerto Rico and click on the specific cancer type to see a map of Puerto Rico with the incidence and mortality by municipality.
Cancer Incidence in First Generation U.S. Hispanics: Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and New Latinos
This peer-reviewed journal article, published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention, Pinheiro, S. et al, 2009;18(8), concludes that substantial variability occurs among Hispanic subpopulations and that the increased risk for cancer among Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans who move to the United States should be further studied.
Program Steering Committee Site Visit
The annual U56 Partnership site visit by the PSC will take place March 25 and 26, 2010, at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.