Gay men were screened for PCa at a younger age parted to straight men. They were also more likely to have unrgone PCa ncer screeng than straight men between 2013 and 2018. Further study is need to better unrstand the role of sexual orientatn PCa screeng and management.
Contents:
- PROSTATE CANCER SCREENG FOR GAY MEN THE UNED STAT
- IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENG FOR GAY MEN THE UNED STAT
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To elucidate trends of prostate-ncer (PCa) screeng gay and bisexual men and asss the associatn of sexual orientatn wh PCa screeng the Uned Stat of Ameri. Gay men screened for prostate ncer were younger than their straight unterparts wh a median age (IQR) of 58 years (52-66) vs 64 years (56-71). Back March, 21 gay and bisexual stunts at the Universy of Southern California sued a universy physician for sexual misnduct.
Kelly for years, allowg him unencumbered accs to sexually abe, harass, and discrimate agast Platiffs and other male gay and bisexual USC stunts his re, ” the su add. Curt, 66, diagnosis and surgery were only the begng of a “clil and psychologil and emotnal adventure” — one he felt that many urologists were not equipped to handle, bee he was gay and the majory of doctors and their patients were symptoms are siar for all prostate ncer patients, cludg urary ntence, erectile dysfunctn, dimished libido and loss of ejaculate.
But rearchers are fdg that those chang may echo through the liv of gay and bisexual men unexpected, and sometim more difficult, obstacl n be physil and emotnal, and may be reflected patients’ relatnships wh their partners. Channa Amarasekera, director of the Gay and Bisexual Men’s Urology Program at Northwtern Medice Chigo.
IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
Amarasekera, who has foced his reer on urologic re for gay and bisexual men and other sexual mori, is the program’s first is an emergg field of study driven part by the creasg number of prostate ncer patients who intify as gay or bisexual.
”The gay and bisexual men their 50s and 60s who are now enterg the prime mographic for prostate ncer also lived through the worst of the AIDS epimic. Amarasekera problem, experts the field say, is that the rearch about gay and bisexual men and prostate ncer is still woefully aquate. V., and young gay men, bee that was the biggt killer, ” said Simon Rosser, a profsor of epimlogy and muny health at the Universy of Mnota, who led a study 2017 of gay and bisexual men wh prostate ncer.