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:
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW
- GAY MEN AND CANCER
- GAY MEN AND THE STIGMA OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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L homm homosexuels sont pl équemment attets d'un ncer que l hétérosexuels, un phénomène qui n'a pas été observé chez l femm, selon une recherche menée en Californie et publiée étus sur le ncer ne posent pas qutn sur l'orientatn sexuelle et il existe donc p d'rmatn sur le nombre survivants du ncer dans la munté homosexuelle mascule et féme, soulignent l trs cette munitn, pae dans la versn en ligne la revue Cancer édée par l'Amerin Cancer Society. Parmi l homm, l s ncers diagnostiqués ont été 1, 9 fois pl nombrx chez l homosexuels que chez l hété trs l'étu n'ont pas nstaté différence notable dans la équence s ncers chez l femm en fonctn lr orientatn sexuelle.
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. * homme cancer gay *
«L résultats cette recherche pourraient être exploés pour développer s servic santé nsacrés spécifiquement x lbienn, homosexuels et bisexuels dans la populatn», time le Dr Ulrike Boehmer, l'éle santé publique l'Universé Boston, prcipal tr ce rapport. «Il fdra pl programm préventn et détectn préce du ncer pour l homm homosexuels, et davantage servic pour air à amélrer le bien-être s lbienn et bisexuell survivant à un ncer», siste ce méc. Asi, il fdra détermer si la pl gran équence du ncer parmi l homm homosexuels pourra diquer que davantage d'entre x survivent à cette maladie que l hétérosexuels.
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.
PROSTATE CANCER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A REVIEW
Cigarette smokg among gay men is nearly double that of the general populatn. Smokg is rponsible for 80% of all lung ncers, but also creas the risk for many other ncers, cludg lon ncer, ophageal ncer and anal ncer. The same high-risk stras of HPV (human papillomavis) that e most cervil ncers women * homme cancer gay *
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. 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.
GAY MEN AND CANCER
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.
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.
GAY MEN AND THE STIGMA OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
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.