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Guillermo Tortolero-Luna

Researcher at University of Puerto Rico

Publications -  51
Citations -  5360

Guillermo Tortolero-Luna is an academic researcher from University of Puerto Rico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 51 publications receiving 3740 citations. Previous affiliations of Guillermo Tortolero-Luna include University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.

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Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

Claudia Allemani, +594 more
- 17 Mar 2018 - 
TL;DR: For most cancers, 5-year net survival remains among the highest in the world in the USA and Canada, in Australia and New Zealand, and in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, while for many cancers, Denmark is closing the survival gap with the other Nordic countries.
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Epidemiology and natural history of human papillomavirus infections and type-specific implications in cervical neoplasia.

TL;DR: Across the spectrum of cervical lesions, HPV-16 is consistently the most common HPV type contributing to 50-55% of invasive cervical cancer cases strongly suggesting that this viral type has a biological advantage for transmission, persistency and transformation.
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Cancer Statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2018.

TL;DR: Strategies for reducing cancer risk in Hispanic populations include targeted, culturally appropriate interventions for increasing the uptake of preventive services and reduced cancer risk factor prevalence, as well as additional funding for Puerto Rico‐specific and subgroup‐specific cancer research and surveillance.
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Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men, Cancers other than Cervical and Benign Conditions

TL;DR: Evidence linking HPV in the epidemiology and etiology of cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus and oropharynx is summarized and recent estimates of the burden of and HPV type distribution in genital warts and in cases of HPV infection of the airways are presented.
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Effectiveness of Cultivando La Salud: A Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion Program for Low-Income Hispanic Women

TL;DR: The effectiveness of a lay health worker intervention to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Hispanic women and significantly increased Pap test self-efficacy, perceived benefits of having a Pap test, subjective norms, and perceived survivability of cancer.