Cancer and the LGBT Community Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survi
Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship covers the scope of current knowledge of cancer in the LGBT community across the entire cancer continuum, from understanding risk and prevention strategies in LGBT groups, across
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Ulrike Boehmer • Ronit Elk Editors
Cancer and the LGBT Community Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship
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Editors Ulrike Boehmer Department of Community Health Sciences Boston University School of Public Health Boston USA
Ronit Elk College of Nursing University of South Carolina Columbia USA
ISBN 978-3-319-15056-7 ISBN 978-3-319-15057-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015941732 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
We dedicate this book to the innumerable LGBT patients with cancer and their families of choice, who have so willingly and courageously shared their cancer experience; and to the dedicated cancer researchers, clinicians, and policy makers who have paved the way for future generations.
Foreword
In 1999, a group of us worked on a white paper that was to provide background information to Health and Human Services (HHS) investigators who were considering the inclusion of LGBT populations in Healthy People 2010 (1). Research on cancer in LGBT populations was limited—mostly addressing HIV/AIDS -related cancers in men and breast cancer in women. The section of the white paper that reviewed knowledge then available about cancer started and ended with notes on the need for further research to help in understanding cancer in LGBT populations. Fifteen years later, this book, which comprises 19 chapters edited by Boehmer and Elk, is an important response to the call for knowledge on cancer in LGBT populations. This book provides an indispensable resource for information about the many aspects of cancer. The chapters assembled for this book cover impressively broad areas of research and practice, with authors providing diligent analysis and integration of research conducted on
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