From JoeMyGod,

The National LGBT Cancer Network wants to do something about the increasing prevalence of anal cancer in our community. First, we need to find out what people know about anal cancer. We are asking gay and bisexual men to complete a brief (5-minute) anonymous online survey to assess their knowledge of anal cancer. We are particularly interested in hearing from and hope that you will publicize this request through your blog, listserves, website, mailing lists. The more respondents we have, the more we learn.

In the general population, anal cancer is a rare disease, but among men who have sex with men (MSM), the incidence of anal cancer is 40% higher and increasing annually. However, the majority of gay men know little about the disease, have ever been tested for it, or even know that screening tests exist. Health care professionals, too, remain divided on how and whether to screen for it. In fact, a standardized screening protocol for anal cancer does not yet exist.

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 We would like to find out what the LGBT community thinks about the current state of the LGBT rights movement and the most effective ways to reach equality. We need your help disseminating the survey link below. We ask that you pass this e-mail on to members of LGBT organizations that you are a part of as well as to LGBT friends and colleagues. We also ask that you take the survey yourself; the survey takes about ten minutes to complete.