Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Soto-Salgado M, Pérez CM, Burgos-Calderón R, Torres EA, Suárez E. Factors associated to the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus among patients receiving hemodialysis at selected dialysis centers in Puerto Rico, 2005. P R Health Sci J. 2009 Mar;28(1):18-23. PubMed PMID: 19266735.
Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Calo W, Cruz-Correa M, Figueroa-Vallés NR, Ortiz AP. Incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, and non-Hispanic blacks in the United States, 1998-2002. Cancer. 2009 Jul 1;115(13):3016-23. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24340. PubMed PMID: 19402167; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4136810.
Pérez CM, Marrero E, Meléndez M, Adrovet S, Colón H, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Albizu C, Torres EA, Suárez E. Seroepidemiology of viral hepatitis, HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in the household population aged 21-64 years in Puerto Rico. BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 23;10:76. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-76. PubMed PMID: 20331884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2851589.
Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Calo WA, Tortolero-Luna G, Pérez CM, Romero CJ, Pérez J, Figueroa-Vallés N, Suárez E. Incidence and mortality rates of selected infection-related cancers in Puerto Rico and in the United States. Infect Agent Cancer. 2010 May 14;5:10. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-5-10. PubMed PMID: 20470399; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2891681.
Ortiz AP, Suárez E, Beauchamp G, Romaguera J, Soto-Salgado M, Pérez CM. Correlates of the metabolic syndrome among a sample of women in the San Juan Metropolitan area of Puerto Rico. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2010 Jun;8(3):235-42. doi: 10.1089/met.2009.0076. PubMed PMID: 20156074; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3136720.
Calo WA, Suárez-Balseiro C, Suárez E, Soto-Salgado M, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Ortiz AP. Assessing the scientific research productivity of Puerto Rican cancer researchers: bibliometric analysis from the Science Citation Index. P R Health Sci J. 2010 Sep;29(3):250-5. PubMed PMID: 20799512; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5798447.
Torres-Cintrón M, Ortiz AP, Pérez-Irizarry J, Soto-Salgado M, Figueroa-Vallés NR, De La Torre-Feliciano T, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Calo WA, Suárez-Pérez E. Incidence and mortality of the leading cancer types in Puerto Rico: 1987-2004. P R Health Sci J. 2010 Sep;29(3):317-29. PubMed PMID: 20799522.
Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Calo W, Nogueras G, Tortolero-Luna G, Hebl S, Figueroa-Vallés N, Suárez E. Disparities in breast cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, and non-Hispanics blacks in the United States, 1992-2004. Breast J. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):666-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00990.x. PubMed PMID: 21070450; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5798448.
Colón-López V, Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Pérez CM. HIV-related risk behaviors among a sample of men who have sex with men in Puerto Rico: an overview of substance use and sexual practices. P R Health Sci J. 2011 Jun;30(2):65-8. PubMed PMID: 21682148; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3119669.
Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Ortiz AP, Adrovet S, Marrero E, Meléndez M, Colón HM, Albizu C, Del C Santos M, Torres E, Pérez CM. Knowledge of viral hepatitis among Puerto Rican adults: implications for prevention. J Community Health. 2011 Aug;36(4):565-73. doi: 10.1007/s10900-010-9342-6. PubMed PMID: 21125319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3463938.
Ortiz AP, López M, Flores LT, Soto-Salgado M, Finney Rutten LJ, Serrano-Rodriguez RA, Hesse BW, Tortolero-Luna G. Awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic tests and use of genetic tests among Puerto Rican adults, 2009. Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Sep;8(5):A110. Epub 2011 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 21843413; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3181183.
Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, del Carmen Santos-Ortiz M, Tortolero-Luna G, Pérez CM. Sexual behaviors among adults in Puerto Rico: a population-based study. J Sex Med. 2011 Sep;8(9):2439-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02329.x. Epub 2011 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 21676177; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3474935.
Suárez E, González L, Soto-Salgado M, Bayona M, Hess K, Ortiz AP, Pérez CM. Report of the 2011 University of Puerto Rico-MD Anderson Cancer Center conference entitled "Population-Based Studies in Hispanics: Methodological Issues in Cancer Research". P R Health Sci J. 2012 Mar;31(1):39-41. PubMed PMID: 22432409.
Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Torres-Cintrón M, Pettaway CA, Colón V, Ortiz AP. Prostate cancer incidence and mortality among Puerto Ricans: an updated analysis comparing men in Puerto Rico with US racial/ethnic groups. P R Health Sci J. 2012 Sep;31(3):107-13. PubMed PMID: 23038882.
Colón-López V, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Torres-Cintrón M, Pettaway CA, Puras-Báez A, Martínez-Ferrer M, Suárez E. Penile cancer disparities in Puerto Rican men as compared to the United States population. Int Braz J Urol. 2012 Nov-Dec;38(6):728-38. doi: 10.1590/1677-553820133806728. PubMed PMID: 23302411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3703478.
Ortiz AP, Alejandro N, Pérez CM, Otero Y, Soto-Salgado M, Palefsky JM, Tortolero-Luna G, Romaguera J. Acceptability of cervical and anal HPV self-sampling in a sample of Hispanic women in Puerto Rico. P R Health Sci J. 2012 Dec;31(4):205-12. PubMed PMID: 23844468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3954748.
Méndez K, Romaguera J, Pérez CM, Soto-Salgado M, Tortolero-Luna G, Palefsky JM, Ortiz AP. Cervical human papillomavirus infection in a sample of Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico: comparison with cervical cytology reports. P R Health Sci J. 2013 Mar;32(1):3-7. PubMed PMID: 23556259; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4162397.
Ortiz AP, Romaguera J, Pérez CM, Otero Y, Soto-Salgado M, Méndez K, Valle Y, Da Costa M, Suarez E, Palefsky J, Tortolero-Luna G. Human papillomavirus infection in women in Puerto Rico: agreement between physician-collected and self-collected anogenital specimens. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2013 Apr;17(2):210-7. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318260e312. PubMed PMID: 23422638; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3885164.
Ricci F, Ramírez T, Marmorato R, Vega J, Pagán P, López JE, Soto-Salgado M, Cangiano JL. Predisposing factors for acute kidney injury in Hispanic patients treated with diuretics for decompensated heart failure. P R Health Sci J. 2013 Jun;32(2):63-7. PubMed PMID: 23781621.
Colón-López V, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Torres-Cintrón M, Mercado-Acosta JJ, Suárez E. Anal cancer incidence and mortality in Puerto Rico. P R Health Sci J. 2013 Jun;32(2):76-81. PubMed PMID: 23781623; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3770822.
López-Charneco M, Pérez CM, Soto-Salgado M, Rodríguez L, González D, Serrano R, Cruz-Correa M, Ortiz AP. Correlates of colorectal cancer screening among Hispanics: Results from the 2008 Puerto Rico behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey. P R Health Sci J. 2013 Jun;32(2):68-75. PubMed PMID: 23781622; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4125413.
Colón-López V, Soto-Salgado M, Rodríguez-Díaz C, Suárez EL, Pérez CM. Addressing Health Disparities among Men: Demographic, Behavioral and Clinical Characteristics of Men who have Sex with Men Living in Puerto Rico. Sex Res Social Policy. 2013 Sep 1;10(3). doi: 10.1007/s13178-013-0130-9. PubMed PMID: 24288521; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3839854.
Ortiz AP, Unger ER, Muñoz C, Panicker G, Tortolero-Luna G, Soto-Salgado M, Otero Y, Suárez E, Pérez CM. Cross-sectional study of HPV-16 infection in a population-based subsample of Hispanic adults. BMJ Open. 2014 Feb 4;4(2):e004203. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004203. PubMed PMID: 24496698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3918993.
Suárez E, Soto-Salgado M, Moreno-Gorrín C, Ortiz PA, Pérez CM. Report of the 2013 University of Puerto Rico-MD Anderson Cancer Center Conference entitled "Research on cancer epidemiology: risk factors and control in the Caribbean basin". P R Health Sci J. 2014 Mar;33(1):34-6. PubMed PMID: 24672830.
Ortiz AP, Pérez-Irizarry J, Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Pérez N, Cruz M, Palefsky J, Tortolero-Luna G, Miranda S, Colón-López V. Human papillomavirus-related cancers among people living with AIDS in Puerto Rico. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 May 15;11:E80. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.130361. PubMed PMID: 24831284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4023685.
Suárez E, Moreno-Gorrín C, Soto-Salgado M, Vega M, Ortiz AP, Pérez CM. Guiding questions for appraising epidemiologic literature. P R Health Sci J. 2014 Jun;33(2):39-44. PubMed PMID: 24964636.
Colon-Lopez V, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Torres-Cintrón M, Perez N, Mercado-Acosta JJ, Guiot HM, Suarez E. Survival from anal cancer among Hispanics-Puerto Rico, 2000-2007. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Jun;45(2):234-8. doi: 10.1007/s12029-014-9607-x. PubMed PMID: 24699986.
Calo WA, Suárez E, Soto-Salgado M, Quintana RA, Ortiz AP. Assessing lung cancer incidence disparities between Puerto Ricans and other racial/ethnic groups in the United States, 1992-2010. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Jun;17(3):971-5. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0153-1. PubMed PMID: 25564340; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4449802.
Pérez CM, Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Guzmán M, Ortiz AP. High Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes and Their Coexistence with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Hispanic Community. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Aug;17(4):1002-9. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0025-8. PubMed PMID: 24781780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4214903.
Edelstein DL, Cruz-Correa M, Soto-Salgado M, Axilbund JE, Hylind LM, Romans K, Blair C, Wiley E, Tersmette AC, Offerhaus JA, Giardiello FM. Risk of Colorectal and Other Cancers in Patients With Serrated Polyposis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Sep;13(9):1697-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 25681317; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4532657.
Salgado-Montilla J, Soto Salgado M, Surillo Trautmann B, Sánchez-Ortiz R, Irizarry-Ramírez M. Association of serum lipid levels and prostate cancer severity among Hispanic Puerto Rican men. Lipids Health Dis. 2015 Sep 17;14:111. doi: 10.1186/s12944-015-0096-0. PubMed PMID: 26377420; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4574177.
Casellas-Cabrera N, Díaz-Algorri Y, Carlo-Chévere VJ, González-Pons M, Rodríguez-Mañón N, Pérez-Mayoral J, Bertrán-Rodríguez C, Soto-Salgado M, Giardiello FM, Rodríguez-Quilichini S, Cruz-Correa M. Risk of thyroid cancer among Caribbean Hispanic patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Fam Cancer. 2016 Apr;15(2):267-74. doi: 10.1007/s10689-015-9862-4. PubMed PMID: 26690363; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4803522.
Soto-Salgado M, Colón-López V, Perez C, Muñoz-Masso C, Marrero E, Suárez E, Ortiz AP. Same-Sex Behavior and its Relationship with Sexual and Health-Related Practices Among a Population-Based Sample of Women in Puerto Rico: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Control. Int J Sex Health. 2016;28(4):296-305. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1223250. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 28286595; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5341788.
Ramírez-Amill R, Soto-Salgado M, Vázquez-Santos C, Corzo-Pedrosa M, Cruz-Correa M. Assessing Colorectal Cancer Knowledge Among Puerto Rican Hispanics: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Control. J Community Health. 2017 Dec;42(6):1141-1147. doi: 10.1007/s10900-017-0363-2. PubMed PMID: 28547033; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5659883.
Ortiz AP, Tamayo V, Scorsone A, Soto-Salgado M, Febo I, Piovanetti P, Venegas-Ríos HL, Yamamura Y, Zorrilla C. Prevalence and correlates of cervical HPV infection in a clinic-based sample of HIV-positive Hispanic women. Papillomavirus Res. 2017 Dec;4:39-44. doi: 10.1016/j.pvr.2017.06.006. Epub 2017 Jun 19. PubMed PMID: 29179868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5791754.
Colón-López V, González D, Vélez C, Fernández-Espada N, Feldman-Soler A, Ayala-Escobar K, Ayala-Marín AM, Soto-Salgado M, Calo WA, Pattatucci-Aragón A, Rivera-Díaz M, Fernández ME. Community-Academic Partnership to Implement a Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Education Program in Puerto Rico. P R Health Sci J. 2017 Dec;36(4):191-197. PubMed PMID: 29220062; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5835963.
González-Pons M, Soto-Salgado M, Sevilla J, Márquez-Lespier JM, Morgan D, Pérez CM, Cruz-Correa M. Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Hispanics living in Puerto Rico: A population-based study. Helicobacter. 2018 Feb;23(1). doi: 10.1111/hel.12453. Epub 2017 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 29210527; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5814898.
Marqués-Lespier JM, Soto-Salgado M, González-Pons M, Méndez V, Freyre K, Beltrán C, Pericchi LR, Cruz-Correa M. Prevalence of Synchronous Oligopolyposis in Incident Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Study. P R Health Sci J. 2018 Mar;37(1):39-45. PubMed PMID: 29547683; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6116520.
Ortiz AP, Engels EA, Nogueras-González GM, Colón-López V, Soto-Salgado M, Vargas A, Machin M, Shiels MS. Disparities in human papillomavirus-related cancer incidence and survival among human immunodeficiency virus-infected Hispanics living in the United States. Cancer. 2018 Dec 1;124(23):4520-4528. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31702. Epub 2018 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 30345506.
Gómez-Moreno R, González-Pons M, Soto-Salgado M, Cruz-Correa M, Baerga-Ortiz A. The Presence of Gut Microbial Genes Encoding Bacterial Genotoxins or Pro-Inflammatory Factors in Stool Samples from Individuals with Colorectal Neoplasia. Diseases. 2019 Feb 1;7(1). doi: 10.3390/diseases7010016. PubMed PMID: 30717148; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6473706.
Pérez-Mayoral J, Soto-Salgado M, Shah E, Kittles R, Stern MC, Olivera MI, Gonzalez-Pons M, Rodriguez-Quilichinni S, Torres M, Reyes JS, Tous L, López N, Chevere VC, Cruz-Correa M. Association of genetic ancestry with colorectal tumor location in Puerto Rican Latinos. Hum Genomics. 2019 Feb 20;13(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s40246-019-0196-4. PubMed PMID: 30786938; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6383234.
Ortiz AP, Machin M, Soto-Salgado M, Centeno-Girona H, Rivera-Collazo D, González D, Chen MS Jr, Colón-López V. Effect of an Educational Video to Increase Calls and Screening into an Anal Cancer Clinical Trial Among HIV+ Hispanics in PR: Results from a Randomized Controlled Behavioral Trial. AIDS Behav. 2019 May;23(5):1135-1146. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2330-z. PubMed PMID: 30467711; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10650566.
Watts-Oquendo ET, Coppola-Fasick G, Arroyo-Flores E, Soto-Salgado M, Nazario S. Effect of topical pramoxine hydrochloride on discomfort, wheal and flare associated with epicutaneous allergy test. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 Jun;122(6):652-653. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.03.029. Epub 2019 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 30928414.
Portilla-Skerrett GM, Díaz-Algorri Y, Soto-Salgado M, Cruz-Correa M. Improvement in Hispanics' CRC Knowledge and Awareness using the Inflatable Caribe Colon. P R Health Sci J. 2019 Sep;38(3):176-180. PubMed PMID: 31536631.
Cruz-Correa MR, Sala AC, Cintrón B, Hernández J, Olivera M, Cora A, Moore CM, Luciano CA, Soto-Salgado M, Giardiello FM, Hooper SR. Ubiquitous neurocognitive dysfunction in familial adenomatous polyposis: proof-of-concept of the role of APC protein in neurocognitive function. Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2020;18:4. doi: 10.1186/s13053-020-0135-3. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32123549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7041079.
Rodriguez M, López-Cepero A, Ortiz-Martínez AP, Fernández-Repollet E, Pérez CM. Influence of Health Beliefs on COVID-19 Vaccination among Individuals with Cancer and Other Comorbidities in Puerto Rico. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Sep 6;9(9). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9090994. PubMed PMID: 34579231; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8473277.
Keller K, Ramos-Cartagena JM, Guiot HM, Muñoz C, Rodríguez Y, Colón-López V, Deshmukh AA, Tirado-Gómez M, Ortiz AP. Association of smoking with anal high-risk HPV infection and histologically confirmed anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions among a clinic-based population in Puerto Rico. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2022;30:100503. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100503. Epub 2021 Dec 31. PubMed PMID: 34999478; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9253704.
Medina JI, Cruz-Collazo A, Del Mar Maldonado M, Gascot TM, Borrero-Garcia LD, Cooke M, Kazanietz MG, O'Farril EH, Vlaar CP, Dharmawardhane S. Characterization of Novel Derivatives of MBQ-167, an inhibitor of the GTP-binding proteins Rac/Cdc42. Cancer Res Commun. 2022 Dec;2(12):1711-1726. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0303. Epub 2022 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 36861094; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9970268.
Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Viera-Rojas TD, Pericchi LR, Ramos-Cartagena JM, Deshmukh AA, Tirado-Gómez M, Ortiz AP. Development of a multivariable prediction model for anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in persons living with HIV in Puerto Rico: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Jan;17. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100382. Epub 2022 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 36742079; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9894264.
Ramos-Cartagena JM, Keller K, Guiot HM, Muñoz C, Colón-López V, Deshmukh AA, Suárez EL, Tirado-Gómez M, Ortiz AP. Evaluating the performance of anal cytology and high-risk HPV genotyping for detecting anal HSIL in a clinic-based sample of people living with and without HIV in Puerto Rico. Cancer Cytopathol. 2023 Oct;131(10):655-664. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22738. Epub 2023 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 37358055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10650567.
What would you like to do?