Luisa Morales
ORCID: 0000-0001-8646-9165
· 3 papers in corpus
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer afflicting Puerto Rican women and accounts for more cancer-related deaths in this population than any other cancer. METHODS: Demographic, anthropometric, family history, and lifestyl…
INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer (BC) and endometriosis are important reproductive health diseases for women. Although endometriosis is not a malignant condition, some of its characteristics mimic that of a malignancy. Endometriosis is associate…
Endometriosis defined as the presence of endometrial stroma and glands outside the uterus, is associated with chronic pain, inflammation, and increased levels of chemokines. We reported high CXCR4 mRNA levels in endometriotic lesions in a r…