Sexual orientation and gender identity data reveals real-world cancer disparities among sexual and gender minorities at an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) collection hinders the ability to identify cancer disparities, create opportunities for improvement, and reveal the burden of cancer among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. Our institution is one of the first NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers to collect SOGI as standard-of-care demographics.

Methods

This analysis includes 118 320 patients who came to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute ("Moffitt") between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2023 and completed the institutional standard-of-care electronic patient questionnaire. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assessed overall and age-specific differences between SGM and non-SGM patients (ie, cisgender-heterosexual) for

SUBMITTER: Zamani SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12268166 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature