根据年龄的癌症差异:专注于性和性别少数群体
Ulrike Boehmer1, Bill M Jesdale2
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Crosstown Center, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. boehmer@bu.edu.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
|November 7, 2024
概括
性别和性别少数群体比异性恋 cisgender 个体早4-11年被诊断出患有癌症. 这种较早的癌症发病突显了针对这些人群进行有针对性的癌症研究和查的关键需求.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 癌症诊断年龄在不同的人口群体之间有很大差异.
- 了解癌症诊断年龄的差异对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
- 性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 面临着独特的健康挑战,可能会影响癌症风险和诊断时间表.
研究的目的:
- 调查性和性别少数群体 (SGM) 与异性恋 cisgender 个体相比被诊断患有癌症的年龄.
- 在SGM人群中识别早期诊断的特定癌症类型.
- 分析影响SGM癌症诊断年龄的人口因素.
主要方法:
- 利用基于人口的行为风险因素监测调查数据.
- 分析了自我报告的性取向,性别认同,癌症诊断和诊断时的年龄.
- 使用后勤回归来确定诊断时的平均年龄和赔率比率,调整种族/种族和受访者年龄.
主要成果:
- 与异性恋 cisgender 个体相比,SGM 被诊断出患有癌症的时间比异性恋 cisgender 个体早 4-11 年.
- 双性恋女性 (43.9岁) 和变性人 (52.1岁) 的平均年龄在诊断时最年轻.
- 在SGM中观察到早期的诊断是乳腺癌,黑色素瘤,其他皮肤癌,白血病/淋巴瘤和结肠直肠癌.
结论:
- 与异性恋 cisgender 种群相比,SGM 种群的各种癌症的发病时间明显较早.
- 癌症诊断中的年龄差异即使在对人口统计因素进行统计调整后仍然存在.
- 在瘤学环境中,对SGM特定数据的进一步研究至关重要,以证实研究结果,并为有针对性的癌症预防和查策略提供信息.
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