Cancer screening rates among transgender adults: A cross-sectional analysis of primary care data

The objective of this analysis is to compare rates of cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening between patients who are transgender and those who are cisgender.

All patients in the family health team who were eligible for cervical, breast, colorectal cancer screening. Patients were identified as transgender using an automated search of the practice electronic medical record followed by manual audit.

 

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Authors: Tara Kiran, Sam Davie, Dhanveer Singh, Sue Hranilovic, Andrew D. Pinto, Alex Abrahamovich, Aisha Lofters

Year: 2019