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
- PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENG FOR GAY MEN THE UNED STAT
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). Gay men were more likely to have unrgone a screeng PSA tt (OR 1.
In yearly analysis, gay men were more likely to have unrgone screeng 2013 (OR 1. Gay men were screened for PCa at a younger age parted to straight men.
Koy, MD, MBA, 4 Darryl Mteldorf, MSW, MPA, 5 and William Wt, PhD6AbstractPurpose: Prostate ncer gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (GBM) is an emergg medil and public health ncern.
PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW
Six future directns, to advance the study of the effects of prostate ncer GBM and to improve treatment, are words:: bisexual, ncer, gay, male, prostate, sexual rehabilatnIntroductnImprovg the health of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals is a Healthy People 2020 goal. 3 Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (GBM) who have been diagnosed wh prostate ncer may have differential health-related qualy of life and sexual health out than heterosexual men wh prostate ncer, but existg rmatn is almost always based on small studi, clil se studi, or an anecdote.
4, 5 Until recently, there have been sufficient data on this topic, pecially postncer diagnosis, part bee, “rearch on the relatnal ntext of ncer and sexualy has tend to be heteronormative, assumg that men are long-term, monogamo heterosexual relatnships, th excludg the experienc of sgle and gay men. The search terms/statements ed were “prostatic neoplasms” or “prostate ncer” or “ncer of the prostate” or “prostatic rcoma” AND “male homosexualy” or “gay men” or “bisexual men” or “men who have sex wh men” or “bisexualy.
We exclud studi whose primary foc was on heterosexual men that provid eher no or limed asssment of homosexual men and studi that equably clud other orbidi their analys (cludg other malignanci). 17, 20, 28 Wh 14 of the publitns unrtaken for a special issue one journal, 36 the edors nclu, “If prostate ncer, general, is off most people's radar screen, then gay men wh prostate ncer are a tly visible speci. Case and media reports intify homophobia as an addnal barrier to digal rectal examatns as part of prostate ncer screeng.