Cancer and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr/Transsexual, and Queer/Qutng Populatns (LGBTQ) - PMC

Contents:

• CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG
• COPG WH CANCER AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN
• LEO + CANCER: GAY DATG AND RELATNSHIP COMPATIBILY ANALYSIS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) SURVIVORSHIP
• CANCER AND LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR/TRANSSEXUAL, AND QUEER/QUTNG POPULATNS (LGBTQ)
• GAY MEN AND THE STIGMA OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
• PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW

CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Fear of discrimatn: Some gay and bisexual men don’t tell their health re provirs about their sexual orientatn, bee they worry about discrimatn affectg the qualy of health re they receive. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual ncer survivors have a lower qualy of life than heterosexual ncer survivors, acrdg to a study by Boston Universy and Harvard Universy rearchers. More than 712, 000 people took part the phone survey om 2014-2017, which asked if they were straight, lbian or gay, bisexual, or “other.

LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG

The rearchers are llg for creased awarens of the problems faced by the self-intified lbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual ncer survivors this study.

Gay and bisexual men face addnal health re challeng pared to their heterosexual peers, cludg health re dispari, creased risk for specific ncers and negative medil experienc. Awarens, self-advocy and aquate support n help promote the healthit out Care Dispari for Gay and Bisexual MenGay and bisexual men may face vert or overt discrimatn and harassment medil re settgs.

COPG WH CANCER AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN

Missg the n lead to ncer beg diagnosed at later stag, makg the ncer harr to gay and bisexual men are not partnered, married or livg wh a signifint other. Dependg on age, they may have also lost members of their muny due to HIV/AIDS and other diseas related to addn, many gay and bisexual men have been rejected by or have limed ntact wh their blogil and bisexual men face addnal health re challeng pared to their heterosexual peers, cludg health re dispari, creased risk for specific ncers and negative medil experienc. None of the large natnal ncer registri and surveys of ncer cince llect data about sexual orientatn or genr inty, leavg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ncer survivors embedd and visible among the vast wealth of rmatn the surveys provi to other groups.

LEO + CANCER: GAY DATG AND RELATNSHIP COMPATIBILY ANALYSIS

There is aquate rearch to nfirm that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people have a unique “clter of risk factors” that would lead to have both greater ncer cince and later stage diagnosis. For example, a study of health dispari a statewi populatn of lbian, gay, and bisexual women found that lbian and bisexual women were more likely than heterosexual women to have poor physil and mental health, asthma, and diabet, to be overweight, to smoke, and to drk excs alhol.

For stance, chang sexual functng – one of the most ubiquo life-alterg, adverse effects of prostate ncer treatment – impact gay and heterosexual men very differently.

Yet too few health re provirs ask about their patients’ sexual practic or know the answers when asked about the effect of prostate ncer on gay men’s sexualy or where we n receive culturally petent support on issu of sex, timacy and our relatnships. May 12, 2011OnlogyONCOLOGY Vol 25 No 7A study published the journal Cancer on May 9 has now specifilly examed the oute of ncer survivorship of the gay, lbian, and bisexual populatn.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) SURVIVORSHIP

A study published the journal Cancer on May 9, 2011 has now specifilly examed the ncer survivorship of the gay, lbian, and bisexual populatn (DOI: 10. The study thors found that ncer out differ based on sexual there is a arth of data on ncer survivorship among gay/lbian/bisexual populatns, has been suggted that the populatns generally engage behavrs that are associated wh greater ncer risk. The risk factors clu a higher cince of oby and alhol nsumptn among the lbian populatn and a higher rate of smokg among gay men, lbians, and bisexuals.

This is the largt state health survey executed the Uned study found a signifint difference ncer out among heterosexual men pared wh homosexual men.

CANCER AND LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR/TRANSSEXUAL, AND QUEER/QUTNG POPULATNS (LGBTQ)

Although homosexual women did not have a higher cince of ncer, the women did report lower overall health as ncer survivors pared to heterosexual women. Utere ncer was most prevalent among homosexual women, and the cince of all other ncers was higher among heterosexual up qutns and implitnsFollow-up studi should be prospective nature orr to addrs self-reportg bias. Whether homosexual men are reportg more ncer survivorship pared wh heterosexual men bee more have been diagnosed wh ncer or bee more are survivg their diagnosis is unclear om this study.

The equency of ncer diagnos among heterosexual women pared to homosexual women is also study has implitns for US ncer ntrol efforts, cludg disease management and preventn of sendary ncers by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn as well as the Natnal Cancer Instute and the Amerin Cancer Society.

GAY MEN AND THE STIGMA OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Knowg the make-up of the ncer survivorship populatn n only aid public health and healthre agenci providg for specific needs of subsets of this populatn, cludg lbian, gay, and bisexual first thor of the study highlighted that the higher cince of ncers among gay men found the study should stimulate planng and executn for better screeng, tn, and primary preventn among this populatn by public health agenci. “Bee more gay men report as ncer survivors, we need foremost programs for gay men that foc on primary ncer preventn and early ncer tectn. For this reason, HIV-posive gay or bisexual men have higher levels of both HPV fectn and HPV-related disease than heterosexual men (Ste, 1999).

An timated 61% of HIV-negative and 93% of HIV-posive gay and bisexual men have anal HPV fectns, pared to 50% or ls of heterosexual men.

PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW

Dpe the fact that HPV is the most mon e of anal ncer men, those who have the hight risk rema woefully unaware, wh studi suggtg that only about 25% of gay and bisexual men are knowledgeable about the relatnship between HPV fectn and anal ncer. Barriers to health re largely due to stigma and discrimatn make members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and genr-nonnformg muny particularly vulnerable to ncer. D2, 7AbstractThis article provis an overview of the current lerature on seven ncer s that may disproportnately affect lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr/transsexual, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) populatns.

Keywords: LGBT, sexual mori, ncer, health behavr, survivorship, health dispariOverview and BackgroundThe lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr/transsexual, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) muny, also referred to as sexual mori, reprents a growg and medilly-unrserved populatn the Uned Stat1 that clus a spectm of acronyms and nomenclature. 2, 3 The -group term “queer” is an umbrella tegory ed to fe the whole LGBTQ muny or as an alternative to the labels lbian, gay, and bisexual. 16Early studi revealed an excs risk of anal ncer among gay men19, 20, and high cince rat of anal ncer among whe men ridg San Francis County.