title: The American Cancer Society's Approach to Addressing the Cancer Burden in the LGBT Community.
abstract: The American Cancer Society (ACS) has embraced the achievement of equity in cancer-related health outcomes as a foundational principle. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience health disparities related to certain risk factors for cancer and in certain cancer outcomes. Accordingly, the ACS is defining a new program of work in partnership with the LGBT community to help understand and reduce disparities in cancer risk factors and outcomes. This article describes the cancer control program of the ACS including specific public health and research programs targeted at reducing cancer related health disparities for the LGBT population.
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of the Chief Cancer Control Officer, Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wender
authors.affiliation: 2 Patient and Caregiver Support , Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Katherine B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.affiliation: 3 Tobacco Control Research, Behavioral Research Center , American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: J Lee
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Westmaas
authors.affiliation: 4 Cancer Prevention Study, Epidemiology Department, American Cancer Society , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Alpa V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: access to care; bisexual; cancer; gay; health disparities; lesbian; transgender (LGBT)