For Patients & Families

National resources

• The American Cancer Society offers LGBTQ+-specific information including:
  • Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men
  • Cancer Facts for Lesbians and Bisexual Women
• The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute offers information on health for LGBT people, including cancer.
• The National LGBTQ+ Cancer Network provides information about support groups, cancer information, and more.
• The GLBT Health Access Project is a Massachusetts state-funded effort to improve access to care for the LGBT community.
• The National Cancer Institute offers a fact sheet on HIV Infection and Cancer Risk.

Dana-Farber resources of particular interest to the LGBTQ+ community

Treatment, care, and risk reduction

• AIDS-related cancer
• AIDS-related lymphoma treatment
• Anal cancer
• Cancer prevention and risk reduction
• Cervical cancer
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Kaposi sarcoma
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Primary CNS lymphoma

Dana-Farber clinical trials of particular relevance

• Cervical cancer
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Dana-Farber research of particular relevance

• Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology (viral/HIV immunology research)
• Center for AIDS Research (joint program with Harvard University)
• Wayne A. Marasco Lab (antibody-based immunotherapy research for HIV/AIDS)