1Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico;
2Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico;
3Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico;
4Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and
5Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Correspondence to: Ana Patricia Ortiz, PhD, MPH, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. E-mail: [email protected]
Disclosure of source(s) of financial support: This project was partially supported by the supplement 5U54CA096297-07 (“Capacity Building for HIV-HPV Clinical Trials Recruitment among Minority Underserved Populations of Hispanic Origin”) within The University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Grant. Clinical research facilities have been supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 2U54MD007587. Research infrastructure was partially supported by the AIDS Malignancy Consortium from the National Cancer Institute, grant UM1 CA121947.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors have declared they have no conflicts of interest.
IRB status: Approved Exempt Review
The study was supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Grant (supplement 5U54CA096297-07) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the NIH (2U54MD007587) and partially supported by the AMC from the NCI (UM1 CA121947). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH, NCI, NIMHD, or AMC.
