Rat of prostate ncer are largely the same among gays and others, but sexual functng issu and qualy of life brg different ncerns.
Contents:
- WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
- IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
- WHEN GAY MEN GET PROSTATE CANCER
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
Once laser-foced on HIV/AIDS, the gay muny is now addrsg one of the perils of gettg olr. * gay guys prostate cancer *
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. 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.
IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
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“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.
WHEN GAY MEN GET PROSTATE CANCER
“Too often gay men are erased the [support] groups.
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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.
CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
“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. Universy of MnotaA profsor at the Universy of Mnota School of Public Health, Rosser has received a $3 ln grant om the Natnal Cancer Instute to put together the first prehensive rehabilatn program specifilly for gay and bisexual men wh prostate ncer.