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Valentina A. Zavala
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 11
Citations - 437
Valentina A. Zavala is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 108 citations.
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Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States
Valentina A. Zavala,Paige M. Bracci,John M. Carethers,Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona,Nicole B. Coggins,Marcia Cruz-Correa,Melissa Davis,Adam J. de Smith,Julie Dutil,Jane C. Figueiredo,Rena K. Fox,Kristi D. Graves,Scarlett Lin Gomez,Andrea S. Llera,Susan L. Neuhausen,Lisa A. Newman,Tung T. Nguyen,Julie R. Palmer,Nynikka R. Palmer,Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable,Sorbarikor Piawah,Erik J. Rodriquez,María Carolina Sanabria-Salas,Stephanie L. Schmit,Silvia J. Serrano-Gomez,Mariana C. Stern,Jeffrey N. Weitzel,Jun J. Yang,Jovanny Zabaleta,Elad Ziv,Laura Fejerman +30 more
TL;DR: To eliminate cancer health disparities, it will be necessary to facilitate access to, and utilisation of, health services to all individuals, and to address structural inequities, including racism, that disproportionally affect racial/ethnic minorities in the USA.
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Genetic Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Latin America.
TL;DR: This review highlights breast cancer genetic epidemiology studies conducted in Latin America, and summarizes the information that they provide, with special attention to similarities and differences with studies in other populations.
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Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer Is Associated with Indigenous American Ancestry in Latin American Women
Katie Marker,Katie Marker,Valentina A. Zavala,Tatiana Vidaurre,Paul C. Lott,Jeannie Navarro Vásquez,Sandro Casavilca-Zambrano,Monica Calderon,Julio Abugattas,Henry L. Gomez,Hugo Fuentes,Ruddy Liendo Picoaga,Jose M. Cotrina,Silvia P. Neciosup,Carlos A. Castaneda,Zaida Morante,Fernando Valencia,Javier Torres,Magdalena Echeverry,Mabel Bohorquez,Guadalupe Polanco-Echeverry,Ana P. Estrada-Florez,Ana P. Estrada-Florez,Silvia J. Serrano-Gomez,Jenny A. Carmona-Valencia,Isabel Alvarado-Cabrero,María Carolina Sanabria-Salas,Alejandro Vélez,Jorge Donado,Sikai Song,Daniel R Cherry,Lizeth I. Tamayo,Scott Huntsman,Donglei Hu,Roberto Ruiz-Cordero,Ronald Balassanian,Elad Ziv,Jovanny Zabaleta,Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona,Laura Fejerman +39 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that the high prevalence of HER2+ tumors in Latinas could be due in part to the presence of population-specific genetic variant(s) affecting HER2 expression in breast cancer.
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Cancer screening and breast cancer family history in Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latina women in California
Lizeth I. Tamayo,Fabian Perez,Angelica Perez,M. Hernandez,Alejandra Agustina Martínez,Xiaosong Huang,Valentina A. Zavala,Elad Ziv,Susan L. Neuhausen,Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona,Ysabel Duron,Laura Fejerman +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors correct the article DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.940162 and 10.3489/FONc.
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Cancer screening and breast cancer family history in Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latina women in California
Lizeth I. Tamayo,Fabian Perez,Angelica Perez,M. Hernandez,Alejandra Agustina Martínez,Xiaosong Huang,Valentina A. Zavala,Elad Ziv,Susan L. Neuhausen,Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona,Ysabel Duron,Laura Fejerman +11 more
TL;DR: A program to outreach and educate the H/L community about hereditary breast cancer, targeting monolingual Spanish-speaking individuals in California has assessed cancer screening behavior and identified women who might benefit from genetic counseling in a population that is usually excluded from cancer research and care.