SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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C A N C E R P R E V E N T I O N A N D C O N T R O L P R O G R A M<br />
2003<br />
Miguez-Burbano, MJ, Archer, H, Rodriguez, M,<br />
and Shor-Posner, G . Discontinuation of secondary<br />
prophylaxis and the risk of Pneumocystis<br />
carinii pneumonia. AIDS 17:140-41, 2003.<br />
Shor-Posner, G , Lecusay, R, Miguez, MJ,<br />
Moreno-Black, G, Zhang, G, Rodriguez, N,<br />
Burbano, X, Baum, M, and Wilkie, F. Psychological<br />
burden in the era of HAART: impact of<br />
selenium therapy. International Journal of Psychiatry<br />
in Medicine 33:55-69, 2003.<br />
Miguez, MJ, Shor-Posner, G , Morales, G,<br />
Rodriguez, A, and Burbano, X. HIV treatment in<br />
drug abusers: impact of alcohol use. Addiction<br />
Biology 8:33-37, 2003.<br />
Miguez-Burbano, MJ, Burbano, X, Ashkin, D,<br />
Pitchenik, A, Allan, R, Pineda, L, Rodriguez, N,<br />
and Shor-Posner, G . Impact of tobacco use on<br />
the development of opportunistic respiratory<br />
infections in HIV seropositive patients on<br />
antiretroviral therapy. Addiction Biology<br />
8:39-43, 2003.<br />
Perez-Then, E, Peña, R, Tavarez-Roja, M, Peña,<br />
C, Quiñonez, S, Buttler, M, Ammann, A,<br />
Hernandez, W, Goyanes, M, Miguez, MJ, Shor-<br />
Posner, G, and PMTCT Group. Preventing<br />
mother-to-child HIV transmission in a developing<br />
country: the Dominican Republic experience.<br />
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes<br />
34:506-11, 2003.<br />
LEO B. TWIGGS, M.D.<br />
Professor and Associate Dean of Women’s<br />
Health, Interim Chairman of Obstetrics and<br />
Gynecology, and Medical Director, Institute<br />
for Women’s Health<br />
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH<br />
Dr. Twiggs, who also is the Dean of Women’s<br />
Health at the University of Miami School of<br />
Medicine, has tested the efficacy of a vaccine for<br />
human papillomavirus (HPV) as a method of<br />
controlling the risk of cervical cancer. He also<br />
collaborates with Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D., and<br />
Mary Josephine O’Sullivan, M.D., to conduct<br />
studies of the effects of stressors and stress management<br />
on health behaviors and cervical neoplasia<br />
in women co-infected with HIV and HPV.<br />
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<br />
2002<br />
Wright, TC Jr., Cox, JT, Massad, LS, Twiggs,<br />
LB, and Wilkinson, EJ. ASCCP-Sponsored Consensus<br />
Conference. 2001 Consensus Guidelines<br />
for the management of women with cervical cytological<br />
abnormalities. Journal of the American<br />
Medical Association 287:2120-29, 2002.<br />
2003<br />
Wright, TC Jr., Cox, JT, Massad, LS, Carlson, J,<br />
Twiggs, LB , and Wilkinson, EJ. American Society<br />
for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology 2001<br />
consensus guidelines for the management of<br />
women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.<br />
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology<br />
189:295-304, 2003.<br />
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UM/<strong>Sylvester</strong> <strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Scientific Report <strong>2004</strong>