Health needs of women who have sex with women

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7437.464

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Evidence is lacking that women who have sex with women are high risk group for cancer

Morten Frisch, senior investigator (mfr@ssi.dk)

Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

EDITOR—As pointed out by Hughes and Evans, the healthcare needs of women who have sex with women are an underprioritised area of research and public attention.1 The statement, however, that these women represent a group at greater risk of developing particular cancers than their heterosexual counterparts lacks empirical support in the literature.

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