Open AccessRecruiting an underserved, difficult to reach population into a cancer trial: Strategies from the Restore-2 Rehabilitation Trial for gay and bisexual prostate cancer patients
Author(s) -
B. R. Simon Rosser,
Morgan Wright,
Chris J. Hoefer,
Elizabeth J. Polter,
Nidhi Kohli,
Christopher W. Wheldon,
Ryan Haggart,
Kristine Mc Talley,
Darryl Mitteldorf,
Gunna Kilian,
Badrinath R. Konety,
Michael W. Ross,
William West
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical trials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.559
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1740-7753
pISSN - 1740-7745
DOI - 10.1177/17407745221077678
Subject(s) - medicine , population , prostate cancer , sexual orientation , cancer , gerontology , family medicine , psychology , social psychology , environmental health
Sexual minorities are small and under-researched populations that are at disproportionate risk for cancer and poor cancer outcomes. Described as a "hidden population," the principal research challenge has been to develop effective methods to identify and recruit such cancer patients into cancer studies. Online recruitment strategies, as well as targeted clinic recruitment using patient-entered sexual orientation and gender identity data from electronic medical records have potential to transform recruitment, but studies testing the effects of how to recruit using these have not been published.