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Prevalence and predictors of cancer screening in transgender and gender nonbinary individuals
Michelle Lui1, Walter Bockting2,3, Kenrick Cato2
1Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.
Background:
Current cancer screening guidelines for transgender individuals are guided primarily by expert opinion, and are extrapolated from guidelines for cisgender populations, despite the additional unique risks that transgender populations face in cancer risk and cancer care.
Aims:
We examined adherence to current recommended screening guidelines as well as drivers of cancer screening in 192 transgender and gender-nonbinary (TGNB) individuals participating in Project AFFIRM, a multi-site longitudinal cohort study of TGNB individuals.
Methods:
We used a chi-squared analysis to look for significant associations between predictors and adherence to breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer screening. We analyzed predictors by 3 different categories: sex/gender identity, healthcare access, and socioeconomic status.
Results:
Screening rates were low for breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer in TGNB populations compared to national rates for cisgender populations. Among several significant predictors, gender-affirming surgery (hysterectomy) (p-value = <0.0001) and telling others they are transgender at a younger age (< 18) (p-value = 0.0344) were associated with increased screening adherence, while having HIV was associated with decreased screening adherence (p-value = 0.0045).
Discussion:
Our results suggest that interacting with the healthcare system to obtain comprehensive cancer screening can be difficult to navigate among the other healthcare needs of TGNB individuals both on an individual and systems level. Future efforts to mitigate the barriers to screening adherence should be targeted at the healthcare system level.
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