The American Society of Clinical Oncology has published a position statement addressing strategies for reducing cancer health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations.

The statement makes recommendations in 5 key areas to address the needs of both SGM populations affected by cancer and members of the oncology workforce who identify as SGM:

• Patient education and support.
• Workforce development and diversity.
• Quality improvement strategies.
• Policy solutions.
• Research strategies.

ASCO is calling for increased outreach and educational support for SGM patients; increased SGM cultural competency training for providers; improvement of quality-of-care metrics that include sexual orientation and gender information variables; and increased data collection to inform future work addressing the needs of SGM communities.