Skin cancer risk in gay and bisexual men: A call to action
Menée aux Etats-Unis par enquête auprès de 192 575 participants, cette étude évalue l'association entre des pratiques de bronzage artificiel et le risque de cancer de la peau, chez une population homosexuelle ou bisexuelle
In this issue of JAMA Dermatology, Mansh and colleagues1 report results from the first known study to examine the prevalence of skin cancer in sexual minorities. The authors leveraged large US-representative and California-representative epidemiological databases to explore self-reported diagnoses of skin cancer and use of indoor tanning among nearly 200 000 adults. The findings revealed significant sexual orientation health disparities. Skin cancer rates among sexual minority men ranged between 4.3% and 6.7%, whereas the rates among heterosexual men ranged between 2.7% and 3.2%, for increased adjusted odds of skin cancer for sexual minority men between 1.56 and 2.13. Nonsignificant differences emerged between heterosexual and sexual minority women. Although Mansh and colleagues1 did not statistically compare the rates of skin cancer between sexual minority men and women, it is worth noting that sexual minority men reported the highest rates across sex and sexual orientation.
JAMA Dermatology , éditorial, 2014