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.
Contents:
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG
- WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
- GAY MEN AND CANCER
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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. * cancer gay *
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. Some gay men, pecially those who are HIV posive, might have a higher risk of anal ncer.
Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men receive ls health re than heterosexual 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.
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. * cancer gay *
This mak harr for many gay and bisexual men to get qualy health re. Some evince suggts that gay and bisexual men are much more likely to smoke than heterosexual men. Cancer Screeng Consiratns and Cancer Screeng Uptake for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons.
Cancer and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr/Transsexual, and Queer/Qutng (LGBTQ)Populatns. 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. 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
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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.
Gay and bisexual men are at higher risk for certa kds of ncer.
LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG
Gay and bisexual men are more likely to smoke than heterosexual men. Anal ncer is much more likely gay and bisexual men. 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. Among this group, 1, 931 people intified themselv as lbian or gay, bisexual, or “other.
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. But the unique challeng facg gay and bisexual men wh prostate ncer have largely gone who have sex wh men (MSM) are ls likely to get regular prostate ncer screengs, and those who are diagnosed are ls likely to have faial and social support, acrdg to rearch ced by the Natnal Instut of Health.
WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
And if their health re provir is not culturally petent, gay and bisexual men are much ls likely to unrstand how treatment will impact their qualy of life. ”As a rult, Margoli add, many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr patients go back the closet when they beg ncer treatment.
“I’ve been a gay activist — and been out — so long that I took for granted I uld talk openly to my doctors, ” he told NBC News.
Brass’ said his sexual functn was relatively good, but stead he stggled wh ntence for weeks — g as many as ne “pads” a day and stayg wh yards of a bathroom at all you’re gay and you go to a urologist who hasn’t alt wh gay men, they’ll tell you, 'Brg your wife wh you. '"He joed a prostate ncer support group specifilly for gay and bisexual men at Mount Sai Hospal Manhattan, one of several anized by the natnal advocy anizatn wh other queer men “allowed to be very open about our feelgs — and our sexualy — and to be empathetic wh each other, ” Brass said. “Too often gay men are erased the [support] groups.
GAY MEN AND CANCER
They don’t want to hear other men be vulnerable, and they don’t want to hear about gay sex. “If you’re gay and you go to a urologist who hasn’t alt wh gay men, they’ll tell you, ‘Brg your wife wh you, ’" he said.
”That disfort n spread to gay patients.
"A NEGLECTED AREA"It’s impossible to know how many gay men have been diagnosed prostate ncer, bee qutns about sexualy are rarely clud rearch studi. “The medil muny say, ‘We don’t want to ask olr heterosexual men qutns that might upset them, ’" Simon Rosser, an LGBTQ health specialist and -thor of "Gay and Bisexual Men Livg Wh Prostate Cancer, " told NBC Rosser, PhD, MPH, is a profsor at the Universy of Mnota School of Public Health.