Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men may face a number of barriers to gettg the health re and ncer screeng tts they need. Learn what you need to know about ncer risk and preventn.
Contents:
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis. He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer." At the time, ncer was the most dread disease the Uned Stat. But for some of the men who had the myster new illns, llg "ncer" was a form of hope. Joe Wright is a stunt at Harvard Medil School. * gay cancer cell *
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. 3% of participants felt fortable treatg people who intify as lbian, gay and bisexual, but only 53. Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer' Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis.
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
In this issue of Cancer Cell, Gay et al. scribe a molecular classifitn of small cell lung ncers and extend prr studi that highlight the potential for personalized treatments. Notably, they intify a new "flamed" subtype that may emerge followg acquired chemoristance but which may … * gay cancer cell *
He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer. Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer'. And bee the first people diagnosed wh the new syndrome were gay men, some people started llg the disease Gay Cancer.
CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
But lots of people the media and the gay muny still lled Gay Cancer until the later part of 1982. Soon after he was diagnosed wh KS, he spent time troducg himself to men the Kaposi Sara clic wag room, vg them to the Shanti Project Gay Cancer support group.
Medilly, Bobbi Campbell knew that his so-lled gay ncer was very different than the kds of ncer that most of his patients the hospal had.