scholarly journals Ridding Canadian medicine of conversion therapy

2022 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. E17-E18
Author(s):  
Travis Salway ◽  
Florence Ashley
Keyword(s):  
Conversion Therapy

Change in skeletal muscle index and its prognostic significance in conversion therapy for initially unresectable colorectal cancer.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 56-56
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Nozawa ◽  
Shigenobu Emoto ◽  
Koji Murono ◽  
Yasutaka Shuno ◽  
Soichiro Ishihara
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Systemic Chemotherapy ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pharmacological Intervention ◽  
Conversion Therapy ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Index

56 Background: Systemic chemotherapy can cause loss of skeletal muscle mass in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients in the neoadjuvant and palliative settings. However, it is largely unknown how the body composition is changed by chemotherapy rendering unresectable CRC to resectable disease or how it affects the prognosis. This study aimed at elucidating the effects of systemic chemotherapy on skeletal muscles and survival in stage IV CRC patients who underwent conversion therapy. Methods: We reviewed 98 stage IV CRC patients who received systemic chemotherapy in our hospital. According to the treatment setting, patients were divided into the ‘Conversion’, ‘Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC)’, and ‘Palliation’ groups. The cross-sectional area of skeletal muscles at the third lumbar level and changes in the skeletal muscle index (SMI), defined as the area divided by height squared, during chemotherapy were compared among patient groups. The effects of these parameters on prognosis were analyzed in the Conversion group. Results: The mean SMI increased by 8.0% during chemotherapy in the Conversion group (n = 38), whereas it decreased by 6.2% in the NAC group (n = 18) and 3.7% in the Palliation group (n = 42, p < 0.0001). Moreover, patients with increased SMI during chemotherapy had a better overall survival (OS) than those whose SMI decreased in the Conversion group (p = 0.021). The increase in SMI was an independent predictor of favorable OS on multivariate analysis (hazard ratio: 0.26). Conclusions: Stage IV CRC patients who underwent conversion to resection often had an increased SMI. As such an increase in SMI further conveys a survival benefit in conversion therapy, it may be important to make efforts to preserve muscle mass by meticulous approaches, such as nutritional support, muscle exercise programs, and pharmacological intervention even during chemotherapy in patients with metastatic CRC.

scholarly journals Ex-gay Rhetoric and the Politics of Sexuality: The Christian Antigay/Pro-family Movement's 'Truth in Love' Ad Campaign

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Fetner
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Conversion Therapy ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Print Advertisements ◽  
Full Page ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender

In 1998, a coalition of antigay, pro-family activist organizationspublished a set of full-page print advertisements in severalnationally-recognized newspapers. These ads promoted sexual ("ex-gay")conversion therapy for homosexuals. I examine these advertisements as acontest over cultural symbols and values, and over the very definition oflesbian and gay identity. This discursive contest had the potential toimpact activist politics greatly, but this impact was mitigatedsignificantly by a similar set of ads produced in response by an opposingmovement: the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement. Theinteractive dynamics between opposing movement impact the political fieldin which activists on each side pursue their goals.

scholarly journals Path of Survivors: An Analysis of Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post

K ta Kita ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-278
Author(s):  
Trisha Zoe Tedjakarna
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Conversion Therapy ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Past

This study aims to analyse the impacts of conversion therapy and the self-transformation of the main characters in Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which are two films published post-legalisation of same-sex marriage in America. Both main characters showed signs of self-loathing, decreased authenticity, and feeling anger and disappointment due to conversion therapy. The two characters are first portrayed as victims and survivor of conversion therapy at the end of the film. Jared was shown as a silent victim turned outspoken survivor. Cameron was shown as a rebellious victim and survivor. Both films showed the growth from victims into survivors, which gave a strong, capable and hopeful image of homosexuals and is a contrast from some representation of homosexuals of the past. Despite the similarity in ending up as survivors, the two characters picked different fights. Keywords: Homosexual, Film, Victim, Survivor, Conversion therapy.

New York advocates push bill to prohibit conversion therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (25) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Valerie A. Canady
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Conversion Therapy
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