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Dolor relacionado con el cáncer y orientación sexual e identidad de género: un enfoque interсекional

Ulrike Boehmer¹, Ursula Wesselmann², Bill M Jesdale³

¹Boston University Boston, MA United States.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

|February 27, 2026

Abstracto

Background:

We examined cancer-related pain in sexual and gender minorities (SGM) compared to heterosexual cisgender populations and evaluated sociodemographic factors within SGM and heterosexual cisgender cancer survivors.

Methods:

We combined 2014-2023 data of the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System from 23 states and Guam that administered the sexual orientation and gender identity module and the pain-specific cancer survivorship module. Our analytic sample consisted of 56,217 cancer survivors, of whom 1,655 identified as SGM.

Results:

Sexual minority cancer survivors reported twice or more the prevalence of cancer pain than heterosexual cisgender survivors, with gender minority cancer survivors reporting cancer pain most frequently (28%), followed by sexual minority women (17%), and sexual minority men (14%). Sociodemographic subgroups, consisting of younger, unmarried, not employed, and those with low income, are at increased risk of experiencing cancer pain.

Conclusions:

Our findings point to heterogeneity among sexual minority cancer survivors' prevalence of pain and additional efforts to characterize gender minorities' disparities in cancer pain.

Impact:

There is an urgent need for evidence-based real-life clinical data characterization of SGM cancer pain disparities and efforts to reduce their cancer-related pain.

Palabras clave:

dolor oncológico disparidades en salud minorías sexuales y de género supervivientes de cáncer orientación sexual identidad de género factores sociodemográficos

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