Los Angeles Times:Heterosexual, same sex and bisexual cancer are different

The proportion of men with cancer is twice that of straight men. And women who have cancer, female and bisexual women have poor health status is twice as many as heterosexual women. On May 9th, the journal Cancer published a study on heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual cancer rates.

Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health have carefully looked at California health survey data to better understand the situation of gay and bisexual cancer in the United States, and the relevant public sector did not track the particular population Physical conditions. Researchers have found that the situation of this group is significantly different from that of heterosexuality.

Male with cancer rate of 8%, straight men and bisexual men 1.9 times. Men are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer when they are relatively young, and the average age of diagnosis for other males is 41 years. The author of the article that men with high incidence of cancer and high anorectal cancer prevalence, because HIV may lead to certain cancers, so HIV infection may also lead to male cancer with high rates. The incidence of prostate cancer in men is one-third lower than that of the other men, and studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with a low incidence of prostate cancer.

The study also found that female and bisexual women with cancer prevalence and other women are almost the same. But they have a significant difference in the prevalence of uterine cancer and cervical cancer. 41% of bisexual women suffer from cervical cancer - the probability is twice that of other women, and women with the highest prevalence of uterine cancer.

Ulrike Boehmer, the first author of the paper, said: "We can use this information to improve homosexual and bisexual health care services, such as the Health Bureau can give bisexual women do cervical cancer screening.

According to the 2006 data, 4% of the population in the United States suffers from cancer.