Association between sexual orientation and lifetime prevalence of skin cancer in the United States
JAMA Dermatology Feb 20, 2020
Singer S, et al. - Researchers examined how sexual orientation is associated with a lifetime prevalence of skin cancer in the United States. The 2014-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys of a noninstitutionalized population in the United States yielded data for inclusion in this cross-sectional study; the survey included 845,264 adult participants who self-identified as being heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The outcomes revealed higher adjusted odds of lifetime prevalence of skin cancer among both gay and bisexual men vs heterosexual men. Lower odds of lifetime prevalence of skin cancer were evident among bisexual women, but not lesbian women, vs heterosexual women. They suggest providing patient education and implementation of community outreach programs targeting these populations as possibly valuable for reducing disparities in lifetime skin cancer prevalence.
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