Abstract
In the United States, approximately 1 million cancer survivors are sexual minority (cancer survivors who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual) cancer survivors. The experience of cancer survivorship is not the same for all cancer survivors, and sexual minority cancer survivors experience barriers to health and positive outcomes as compared to heterosexual cancer survivors. Inequity in mortality risk, psychological distress, insurance denial, alcohol, tobacco, and substance use, poor self-rated health, and elevated stress and discrimination contribute to the risk for and prevalence of poorer outcomes after cancer treatment during the survivorship period for sexual minority cancer survivors. In an effort to improve health and reduce risk for poor outcomes after cancer, a few behavioral interventions have been introduced and tested for this unique group of cancer survivors. In this portion of the plenary I will discuss what is known about the existing behavioral interventions designed for sexual minority cancer survivors and their preliminary outcomes. The presentation of these interventions will be organized according to primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention.
Citation Format: Jennifer M. Jabson Tree. Cancer survivorship among sexual minority people: Health, interventions, and next steps [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2019 Sep 20-23; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020;29(6 Suppl_2):Abstract nr IA07.
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