Cancer diagnoses among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults: results from the 2013–2016 National Health Interview Survey

G Gonzales, R Zinone - Cancer Causes & Control, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this study was to compare cancer diagnoses by age, gender, and
sexual orientation. Methods This study used data on 129,431 heterosexual adults and 3,357 …

Disparities in health information-seeking behaviors and fatalistic views of cancer by sexual orientation identity: a nationally representative study of adults in the United …

ME Langston, L Fuzzell, MW Lewis-Thames, S Khan… - LGBT health, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: A lack of national data makes it difficult to estimate, but LGB adults appear to have
a higher risk of cancer. Although limited research exists to explain the disparity, we aimed to …

Unique issues facing sexual and gender minorities in cancer

NFN Scout - Cancer Discovery, 2023 - AACR
There are few resources available that help providers understand unique issues sexual and
gender minority (SGM) people face related to cancer screening and care. This article helps …

Sexual minority population density and incidence of lung, colorectal and female breast cancer in California

U Boehmer, X Miao, NI Maxwell, A Ozonoff - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Risk factors for breast, colorectal, and lung cancer are known to be more common
among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, suggesting they may be more likely to …

Association between sexual orientation and lifetime prevalence of skin cancer in the United States

S Singer, E Tkachenko, RI Hartman… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Sexual minority men have reported higher rates of both indoor tanning and skin
cancer than heterosexual men, and sexual minority women have reported lower or equal …

Time to change: Supporting sexual and gender minority people—An underserved, understudied cancer risk population

J Obedin-Maliver - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer …, 2017 - jnccn.org
Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs), which include but are not limited to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people, likely represent at least 4% of the current …

Cancer survivorship and sexual orientation

U Boehmer, X Miao, A Ozonoff - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations are not part of cancer surveillance,
resulting in scarce information about the cancer survivorship of these populations. To …

Cancer and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) populations

GP Quinn, JA Sanchez, SK Sutton… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides an overview of the current literature on seven cancer sites that may
disproportionately affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and …

The lack of cancer surveillance data on sexual minorities and strategies for change

DJ Bowen, U Boehmer - Cancer Causes & Control, 2007 - Springer
Objective To consider options for gathering cancer incidence and risk factor data in sexual
minority individuals. Methods and results Sexual minority individuals may experience cancer …

LGBT populations and cancer: is it an ignored epidemic?

U Boehmer, R Elk - 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
This editorial discusses cancer in LGBT populations. Cancer with respect to LGBT
populations has gone mostly unmonitored. Although the important decision to include …