Don Dizon, director of the Pelvic Malignancies Program at Lifespan Cancer Institute, head of community outreach and engagement at Legorreta Cancer Center, and director of medical oncology at Rhode Island Hospital, spoke with NFN Scout, executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, on Your Stories: Conquering Cancer podcast.
In this episode, published June 25, 2021, Dizon and Scout discuss a need for data on cancer survivors who are members of the LGBTQ+ community—and how oncology can serve as an ally.
“One of the saddest things we hear is when we hear from a survivor who says that they didn’t bring their partner because they were afraid,” Scout said. “And cancer is such an experience where you need all the support you can get.”
Listen to this podcast on the Cancer History Project:
Learning What We Don’t Know: Podcast Interview with Dr. Don Dizon and NFN Scout
By ASCO, Sept. 29, 2021
Why representation matters. Why pronouns matter. And why it matters more than ever for patients with cancer from LGBTQ+ communities to be counted and welcomed.
Scout, MA, PhD, executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, tells host Dr. Don Dizon why he believes dismantling the implicit bias LGBTQ+ patients often face begins with doctors and allies asking the uncomfortable questions and feeling comfortable admitting when they “just don’t know what they don’t know.”
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