research

Anal dilators for sexual rehabilitation

Sexual rehabilitation of gay and bisexual prostate cancer (PCa) patients is based on heteronormative assumptions of sex, which does not fully consider sexual rehabilitation related to the loss of pleasure and experience of pain during receptive anal intercourse (RAI). It is estimated that 10-23% of gay/bisexual men (GBM) treated for PCa experience anodyspareunia (i.e., painful […]

The Anal Cancer Knowledge Scale (PACKS)

Anal cancer disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men and transgender women (MSM/TGW) who have high rates of HIV. Lack of anal cancer information is a major barrier to the utilization of primary and secondary prevention (i.e., vaccination and screening). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the construct validity […]