PURPOSE Cervical cancer screening is not well implemented in many low- and middle-income
countries (LMICs). Mobile health (mHealth) refers to utilization of mobile technologies in …

Purpose: Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality for women
living in poverty, causing more than 28,000 deaths annually in Latin America and 266,000 …

During the 60 years since the first scientific reports about a relation between aflatoxin
exposure and adverse health consequences, both in animals and humans, there has been a …

The Central America Four (CA-4) region, comprising Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador,
and Nicaragua, is the largest low- and middle-income country region in the Western …

Background Up to one half of the population in Africa, Asia and Latin America has little
access to high-quality biomedical services and relies on traditional health systems. Medical …

HPV16 is the most oncogenic type of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Integration of HPV into
the human genome is an important mechanism of carcinogenesis but is absent in at least …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 displays substantial sequence variation; four HPV16
lineages (A, B, C, and D) have been described as well as multiple sublineages. To identify …

Purpose Cultural diversity in clinical encounters is common, yet mental constructions regarding
cancer that influence expected treatment are poorly studied for indigenous people. We …

PURPOSE Despite being the only hospital to provide comprehensive cervical cancer
treatment to many medically underserved Guatemalan women, no assessment of the cervical …

Background and aims Guatemala has the highest incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
in the Western hemisphere. The major risk factors in Guatemala are not well …