Cancer and the LGBT community : unique perspectives from risk to survivorship / Ulrike Boehmer, Ronit Elk, editors.

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Book
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English
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Cham : Springer, [2015]
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xvii, 331 pages : illustrations

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    Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship covers the scope of current knowledge of cancer in the LGBT community across the entire cancer continuum, from understanding risk and prevention strategies in LGBT groups, across issues of diagnosis and treatment of LGBT patients, to unique aspects of survivorship and death and dying in these communities. Each chapter includes an in depth analysis of the state of the science, discusses the many remaining challenges and unanswered questions, and makes recommendations for research, policy and programmatic strategies required to address these. Focus is also placed on the diversity of the LGBT communities.℗ℓ Issues that are unique to cancer in LGBT populations are addressed including the social, economic, and cultural factors that affect cancer risk behaviors, barriers to screening, utilization of health care services, and legislation that directly impacts the health care of LGBT patients, healthcare settings that are heterosexist, and unique aspects of patient-provider relationships such as disclosure of sexual orientation, and the need for inclusion of expanded definition of family to include families of choice. The implications of policy change, its impact on healthcare for LGBT patients are highlighted, as are the remaining challenges that need to be addressed. A roadmap for LGBT cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, survivorship, including treatment and end of life care is offered for future researchers, policy makers, advocates and health care providers.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Introduction / Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk
    • Part I. Understanding and reducing the risk for cancer. 2. Risk for cancer in gay, bisexual and transgender men via infection / Stewart Landers
    • 3. Understanding and reducing risks via infection in LBT women / J. Kathleen Tracy
    • 4. Addressing behavioral cancer risks from a LGBT health equity perspective / Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Charles P. Hoy-Ellis and Maria Brown
    • 5. Smoking in the LGBT community / Jack E. Burkhalter
    • Part II. Screening for cancer in LGBT populations. 6. Cancer screening in lesbian and bisexual women and trans men / Melissa A. Clark, Ulrike Boehmer and Samantha Rosenthal
    • 7. Cancer screening in gay and bisexual men and transgender people / Thomas O. Blank, Lara Descartes and Marysol Asencio
    • Part III. Cancer survivorship. 8. What are the numbers? The epidemiology of cancer by sexual orientation and gender identity / Madina Agenor
    • 9. Breast cancer in lesbian and bisexual women / Ulrike Boehmer
    • 10. Gay men and prostate cancer: opportunities to improve HRQOL and access to care / Gilad E. Amiel, Heather H. Goltz, Evan P. Wenker, Michael R. Kauth, Tae L. Hart and David M. Latini
    • 11. HIV-Associated cancers / Missak Haigentz, Jr.
    • 12. Provider-patient issues for the LGBT cancer patient / Michele J. Eliason and Suzanne L. Dibble
    • 13., Needs of LGBT cancer survivors / Liz Margolies and Charles Kamen
    • 14. Challenges and recommended solutions to end of life care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients diagnosed with cancer with a life-limiting prognosis / Ronit Elk
    • Part IV. Cancer at the intersection. 15. Cancer care needs of transgender, transsexual, and other gender nonconforming populations / Emilia Lombardi and Swagata Banik
    • 16. The needs of racial/ethnic LGBT individuals across the cancer care continuum / Alica K. Mathews, Natalie Ross, Meenhye Lee and Frances Aranda
    • Part V. Healthcare policy and LGBT health. 17. Policy and its impact on LGBT cancer / Scout
    • 18. Current policy and research on cancer in LGBT communities internationally / I. Mary Poynten
    • 19. The challenges remain: needed next steps in alleviating the burden of cancer in the LGBT community / Ronit Elk and Ulrike Boehmer.
    ISBN
    • 9783319150567 ((alk. paper))
    • 3319150561 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015941732
    OCLC
    898531809
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