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LGBTQ+ Voices: Listening to Sexual and Gender Minority People Affected by Cancer

, by NCI Staff

Photo of a smiling woman wearing a pink scarf on her head. Her eyes are closed and she is being embraced and kissed on the cheek by a woman with red hair.

LGBTQ+ people face disparities across all aspects of cancer and cancer care. Researchers are working with LGBTQ+ communities to better understand and address these disparities.

Sarah Jackson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Earl Stadtman investigator in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, was featured in a Cancer Currents: An NCI Cancer Research blog post. She describes the importance of including sexual orientation and gender identity data in cancer research. 

Read the full blog post on the Cancer Currents: An NCI Cancer Research blog.

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