Stirling Morgan, Hunter Mikayla, Ludwig Claire, Ristock Janice, Harrison Lyndsay, Ross-White Amanda, Nickel Nathan, Schultz Annette, Banerji Versha, Mahar Alyson
Department of Community Health Sciences (Stirling, Hunter), Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; The Ottawa Hospital (Ludwig), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Women's and Gender Studies Program (Ristock), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Palliative Care Division (Harrison), Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Ross-White), Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences (Nickel), Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; College of Nursing (Schultz), Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Internal Medicine (Banerji), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba; CancerCare Manitoba (Banerji), Winnipeg, Man.; School of Nursing (Mahar), Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
CMAJ Open. 2023 Oct 17;11(5):E942-E947. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20220225. Print 2023 Sep-Oct.
Addressing the risk of people from gender and sexual minority (GSM) groups experiencing inequities throughout the cancer continuum requires a robust evidence base. In this scoping review, we aim to map the literature on cancer outcomes among adults from GSM groups and the factors that influence them along the cancer continuum.
This mixed-methods scoping review will follow the approach outlined by JBI. We will systematically search electronic databases for literature in collaboration with a health sciences librarian. Two reviewers will screen titles and abstracts to determine eligibility based on inclusion criteria, and then retrieve full text articles for data extraction. Results will be reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. Quantitative data will be qualitized through a narrative interpretation and pooled with qualitative data. We will use meta-aggregation to synthesize findings. This protocol was developed in collaboration with GSM patient and public advisors. We will engage people from GSM groups, community organizations and knowledge users in disseminating results.
This review will direct future research efforts by expanding the wider body of research examining cancer disparities across the cancer continuum that GSM groups experience, identifying literature gaps and limitations, and highlighting relevant social determinants of health that influence cancer outcomes for adults from GSM groups.
解决性别和性少数群体（GSM）人群在整个癌症连续过程中面临不平等问题的风险需要坚实的证据基础。在这项范围综述中，我们旨在梳理关于GSM群体成年人癌症结局以及在癌症连续过程中影响这些结局的因素的文献。
这项混合方法的范围综述将遵循JBI概述的方法。我们将与健康科学图书馆员合作，系统地在电子数据库中搜索文献。两名评审员将根据纳入标准筛选标题和摘要以确定 eligibility，然后检索全文文章进行数据提取。结果将按照系统评价和Meta分析的首选报告项目扩展版进行报告，用于范围综述。定量数据将通过叙述性解释进行定性化处理，并与定性数据合并。我们将使用元聚合来综合研究结果。本方案是与GSM患者及公众顾问合作制定的。我们将让GSM群体的人员、社区组织和知识使用者参与结果传播。
本综述将通过扩大对GSM群体在整个癌症连续过程中所经历的癌症差异的更广泛研究范围、识别文献空白和局限性以及突出影响GSM群体成年人癌症结局的相关健康社会决定因素，来指导未来的研究工作。
