Cancer in people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or gender‐nonconforming

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 130; no. 17; pp. 2948 - 2967
• Main Authors: Kratzer, Tyler B., Star, Jessica, Minihan, Adair K., Bandi, Priti, Scout, N. F. N., Gary, Monique, Riddle‐Jones, Latonya, Giaquinto, Angela N., Islami, Farhad, Jemal, Ahmedin, Siegel, Rebecca L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Alcoholic beverages; Bisexuality; Body weight; Cancer; Cancer screening; Cigarettes; Cisgender; Colorectal carcinoma; Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data; Female; Gays & lesbians; Gender; Gender aspects; Gender identity; health care disparities; health correlates; Health risks; Heterosexuality; Humans; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or gender‐nonconforming (LGBTQ+); LGBTQ people; Literature reviews; Male; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Obesity; Physical activity; physiological stress; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Risk taking; Sexual and Gender Minorities - statistics & numerical data; Sexual behavior; Smoke; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Surveillance; Surveillance systems; Surveys; Tobacco; Transgender persons; Vaccination; Women; Young Adult; health care disparities; cancer screening; health correlates; physiological stress; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or gender‐nonconforming (LGBTQ+)

Background Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or gender‐nonconforming (LGBTQ+) experience discrimination and minority stress that may lead to elevated cancer risk. Methods In the absence of population‐based cancer occurrence information for this populat...