Intimate Demographic Questions: Are Patients With Cancer Comfortable Answering?

Riham Suleiman, Sandy M. Looney, Kelliann C. Fee-Schroeder, Lynn M. Phelan, Evelyn F. Carroll, Kristen Randall, Blaz Bush, Ash Alpert, NFN Scout, Aminah Jatoi, Elizabeth J Cathcart-Rake, Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Executive Director, Health Program, Stanford Medicine, Department of Hematology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Published online on April 08, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print.
PurposeTo assess how comfortable patients with cancer are in responding to intimate questions on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and to examine whether question sequencing alters patient-reported comfort.Patients and MethodsPatients with ...