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Cancer treatment developed in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 28 May 2014 - 11:37am

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Dr. Dipak K. Banerjee from Medical Sciences Campus obtained a patent for a treatment against breast cancer.

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NCI-supported facility to conduct cancer trials breaks ground in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 2 April 2014 - 6:38pm

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The Puerto Rican government has allocated $196 million dollars to build a 287,000 sq. ft., 96-bed, cancer hospital in San Juan. The new hospital, which will provide cancer treatment and conduct clinical trials, is the first of its kind in the Caribbean.

The hospital broke ground at a national ceremony hosted by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia-Padilla, in February 2014 and has a projected opening date of April 2016. The National Cancer Institute was represented by Sanya A. Springfield, Ph.D., director of the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. 

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Comprehensive Cancer Center Project Breaks Ground

Submitted on 26 February 2014 - 4:10am

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Nydia Bauzá / nydia.bauza@gfrmedia.com

A similar version of this story was published in English by Caribbean Journal:

http://www.caribjournal.com/2014/02/19/puerto-rico-comprehensive-cancer-center-project-breaks-ground/

A major new hospital project has broken ground in Puerto Rico, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced.

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Has investigación en cáncer como Postbac después de obtener tu bachillerato

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The NIH Postbac IRTA program (CRTA, Cancer Research Training Award, in the National Cancer Institute) provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy) school an opportunity to spend one or two years performing full-time research at the NIH.

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Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training - Solicita si tienes maestría y te interesa la investigación en cáncer

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The Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio conducts Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training to increase diversity in Latino health disparities and cancer research by encouraging Latino/Hispanic master’s-level students and master’s trained health professionals to pursue a doctoral degree and a career in research.

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Quinones: cancer cell destroyers

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células cancerosas
Breast cancer cell

We have all been touched by this terrible illness. According to the American Cancer Society more than a half-million people die annually of cancer in the US. In Puerto Rico, the mortality rate is 5,000 patients per year, with a 2% increase each year.

Cancer results from uncontrollable cell proliferation, which leads to the formation of malignant tumors in different parts of the body. These tumors affect the physiological function of tissues and organs and are the target of cancer treatment.

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