PURPOSE: Sexual minority women, defined as having a lesbian or bisexual identity or
reporting a preference for a female partner, are not considered by cancer surveillance. This …

Objective: To identify and recruit an unknown and presumably small subgroup of survivors,
that is, lesbian or bisexual women with breast cancer. Methods: This report describes our …

Objective: To determine factors that influence sexual minority women's coping responses
and adjustment to breast cancer. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 64 …

Sexual minority women, such as lesbians, bisexuals, and women who have a woman
partner face unique challenges, such as deciding on disclosing their sexual minority status …

Background The sexual function of sexual minority women (women with female partners)
who are breast cancer survivors is mostly unknown. Our objective is to identify explanatory …

Background Little is known about differences by sexual orientation in explanatory factors of
breast cancer survivors' quality of life, anxiety, and depression. Patients and methods …

BACKGROUND: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations are not part of cancer surveillance,
resulting in scarce information about the cancer survivorship of these populations. To …

Purpose Because little is known about morbidity and symptoms among sexual minority
women with breast cancer, that is, lesbian or bisexual-identified women, and women with a …

Background: Some groups of breast cancer survivors bear a greater burden of diminished
quality of life than others. Self-identified lesbians, or women who partner with other women …

Sexual minority women (lesbian and bisexual) represent a vulnerable group regarding their
breast health. The participants in this study were 150 women aged 18–74 recruited via …