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).
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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.
“It’s only now that as the AIDS generatn grew olr, and aged to health problems like prostate ncer, that specialists are startg to see gay patients. Amarasekera studied urologists’ trag and found that many reported receivg ls than five hours of stctn on the treatment of gay and bisexual patients. He also surveyed gay patients, who overall said their sexual satisfactn was not aquately taken unr nsiratn durg treatment for prostate ncer.