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Los latinos enfrentan una carga alta de cáncer.
Debido a barreras relacionadas con el idioma, los recursos económicos, el transporte y otros factores, los latinos con frecuencia reciben un diagnóstico de cáncer en etapas avanzadas, cuando las probabilidades de sobrevivir son menores y los costos del tratamiento son más altos.
Para abordar el impacto del cán...
A lot of the time a cancer survivor’s story goes: “I felt a lump in my breast, I got it checked out, and it was breast cancer.”
That’s not the story of Deb Blake-Ontiveros.
The single mother visited a doctor after she felt a lump in her breast. But her doctor dismissed it as something else.<...
As we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Salud America! is having important conversations about how breast cancer trends impact communities and populations in South Texas and beyond.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in Latinas and top cause of cancer-related death among Latinas.
With this in mind, Salud America!
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Latinas.
Despite advances in prevention and treatment, Latina breast cancer continues to be detected at advanced stages when the prognosis isn’t optimistic.
There are several contributing factors to why Latinas face worse outcomes when it comes to breast cancer.
October is Breast Cancer A...
When Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez founded the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio in 2006, she envisioned it as a place to cultivate innovative health research and the next generation of population health leaders.
20 years later, past members of the IHPR’s t...