Improving LGBTIQA+ cancer care across NEMICS: A summary report

A series of examinations were undertaken to understand the status of LGBTIQA+ cancer care in Victoria and the NEMICS region. Objectives included to:

• understand how the needs, barriers, inequalities, and outcomes of the LGBTIQA+ community are acknowledged and prioritised in cancer care policy resources throughout Australia and Victoria,

• identify the key LGBTIQA+ priority actions within cancer care policy resources,

• summarise the experience of cancer care and survivorship as described by LGBTIQA+ people with cancer,

• highlight known barriers and facilitators related to cancer care for members of the LGBTIQA+ community,

• summarise key published recommendations and calls to action for addressing inequities in cancer care for LGBTIQA+ communities.

• identify the use of SOGI data items within Victorian cancer related datasets and priority areas for improved SOGI data capture