You need the entire global village to support LGBTQ+ cancer care

The fact that there is a cultural acceptance of the trans community in India and more recently, protection from the government, gives hope to clinicians like Dr Shail Maingi, Medical Oncologist, palliative care physician, and Cancer Care Equity Program Faculty at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a global authority on LGBTQ+ cancers and health disparities and Dr Jyoti Bajpai, Lead Medical and Precision Oncologist, Apollo Cancer Centre, Maharashtra, that India is uniquely placed to develop a global model of care for gender minorities with cancer. On the sidelines of the Apollo Cancer Conclave, Dr Maingi and Dr Bajpai explain to Viveka Roychowdhury the challenges of caring for LGBTQ+ populations with cancer, the lack of data, and how India can take the best of global experiences and evolve India-specific empathetic care pathways to meet the needs of this community, which could serve as templates of compassionate care beyond India