LGBTQ People with cancer fact sheet

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute estimates that between 5% and 10% of the general population identifies as LGBTQ. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 1.9 million newly diagnosed cancer cases and nearly 608,570 deaths from cancer in 2021; using these estimates, there could be approximately 142,500 new cancer cases and more than 45,500 cancer deaths in LGBTQ patients.

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The program consists of four Virtual Simulation Games (VSG), of varying lengths, in a variety of settings (i.e. emergency department to community care), and across a range of professional expertise (senior nursing students to nurse practitioners). Each VSG has embedded self-assessments, learning outcomes, and curated resources.

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