Title:
Cancer and the LGBT Community Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship
Author:
Boehmer, Ulrike. editor.
ISBN:
9783319150574
Edition:
1st ed. 2015.
Physical Description:
XVII, 331 p. 4 illus. online resource.
Contents:
Forward -- Introduction -- I Understanding and Reducing the Risk for Cancer.- Risk for Cancer in Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Men via Infection.- Understanding and Reducing Risks via Infection in LBT Women.- Addressing Behavioral Cancer Risks from a LGBT Health Equity Perspective.- Smoking in the LGBT Community.- II Screening for Cancer in LGBT populations.- Cancer screening in Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Trans Men.- Cancer screening in Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender People PART III: Cancer Survivorship.- What are the numbers? Epidemiology of Cancer in the LGBT community.- Breast Cancer in Lesbian and Bisexual Women.- Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Opportunities To Improve HRQOL and Access To Care.- HIV-Associated Cancers.- Provider-Patient Issues for the LGBT Cancer Patient.- Needs of LGBT Cancer Survivors.- Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Receiving Appropriate End-Of-Life-Care for Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients Diagnosed with Cancer with a Life-Limiting Prognosis.- IV Cancer at the Intersection.- Cancer Care needs of Transgender, Transsexual and other Gender Nonconforming Populations.- The Needs of Racial/Ethnic LGBT Individuals across the Cancer Care Continuum.- V Healthcare Policy and LGBT Health.- Policy and its Impact on LGBT Cancer.- Current policy and research on cancer in LGBT communities internationally.- The Challenges Remain: Needed Next Steps in Alleviating the Burden of Cancer in the LGBT Community -- Contributors -- Index.
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Electronic Access:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4Copies:
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