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New LGBT Facebook Page for Cancer Survivors
Posted by: | CommentsThe National LGBT Cancer Project – Out With Cancer, has a new Facebook page! Now, all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender cancer survivors and their allies have a welcoming Facebook page to meet on and post to. Please show your support for this new initiative by visiting http://tinyurl.com/294oln7 and clicking Please “like” LG “Like.” http://tinyurl.com/294oln7
LGBT cancer survivors find peer support at Out With Cancer
Posted by: | CommentsLGBT cancer survivors find peer support on http://www.outwithcancer.org . Out With
Cancer’s online support community is password protected, open 24/7, and free.
Professionally managed by oncology social workers. Now entering it’s fifth year, many
hundreds of cancer survivor’s from our community have found health tips, hope and new
friends in their efforts to live longer and happier lives, past the diagnosis of cancer.
8% of lesbians aged 50-79 develop breast cancer compared to 2% of straight women.
Posted by: | CommentsThe Stonewall Charity just completed a survey, which says that 8% of lesbians aged 50-79 develop breast cancer compared to 2% of straight women. Read More→
Lesbian Women should test for Cervical Cancer
Posted by: | CommentsApproximately 2800 British women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. Read More→
Medical advice ‘puts lesbians at risk of cervical cancer’
Posted by: | CommentsResearch has suggested that government guidelines should be revised to ensure more lesbian women are screened for cervical cancer. Read More→
“Lesbians, or women who partner with women, are not at an increased risk for breast cancer due to their sexual orientation but Read More→
Hair Loss from Chemo incites Homophobia
Posted by: | CommentsA young woman who shaved off her hair in tribute to a friend who died of cancer has told how she was subjected to taunts and abuse for being bald. Read More→
Lesbian Cancer Initiative
Posted by: | CommentsGreat little story about the Lesbian Cancer Initiative in NYC. Read More→
Lesbian Ovarian Cancer Risk No Higher Than That for Straight Women
Posted by: | CommentsA woman’s risk of ovarian cancer increases with age as more than 80 percent of cases of ovarian cancer occur in women over the age of 50 years. Hereditary factors can also add to the risk. Read More→
African American Lesbians Risk for Breast Cancer Under Estimated
Posted by: | CommentsA new report states that African American women’s risk for breast cancer is underestimated when compared to white women. The formula that doctors use to calculate a woman’s risk of breast cancer underestimates the danger for black women most of the time and especially for those age 50 and older — the age when they are most likely to benefit from screening tests and protective drugs, according to the first major reassessment of the widely used tool. Malecare and our LGBT cancer project calls for research to determine the durability of these findings for Lesbian and Bisexual African American women.
