Aimee K Huang, Tabor Hoatson, Payal Chakraborty, Sarah McKetta, Kodiak R S Soled, Colleen A Reynolds, Ulrike Boehmer, Alexis R Miranda, Carl G Streed, Shail Maingi, Sebastien Haneuse, Jessica G Young, Jae H Kang, S Bryn Austin, A Heather Eliassen, Brittany M Charlton
INTRODUCTION: Cancer risk factors are more common among sexual minority populations (e.g., lesbian, bisexual) than their heterosexual peers, yet little is known about cancer incidence across sexual orientation groups. METHODS: The 1989-2017 data from the Nurses' Health Study II, a longitudinal cohort of female nurses across the United States, were analyzed (N = 101,543). Sexual orientation-related cancer disparities were quantified by comparing any cancer incidence among four sexual minority groups based on self-disclosure-(1) heterosexual with past same-sex attractions/partners/identity; (2) mostly heterosexual; (3) bisexual; and (4) lesbian women-to completely heterosexual women using age-adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRR) calculated by the Mantel-Haenszel method...
May 11, 2024: Cancer