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Promoting the health of men of all backgrounds: educating ourselves to build trust and improve care

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Specific issues affect the treatment of urological cancer and survivorship in gay and bisexual men. Creating an accepting and inclusive environment for these patients in our men’s health clinics can help to improve the quality of life for men from sexual minority groups undergoing cancer treatment.

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  1. Department of Urology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Danly Omil-Lima

  2. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Austin Thompson

  3. Urology Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Kyle Scarberry

  4. The MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Benjamin Crawshaw

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Omil-Lima, D., Thompson, A., Scarberry, K. et al. Promoting the health of men of all backgrounds: educating ourselves to build trust and improve care. Nat Rev Urol 21, 323–324 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-024-00893-9

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