RECAP Journal Club: The Out with Cancer Study
Author in the Room Series
This virtual journal club session was held on 26 June 2025. Please see the recording below.
The RECAP (Regional Evidence, Collaboration and Practice) Journal Club is a quarterly initiative supported by the Cancer Patient Support Program (CPSP) Grant, showcasing peer-reviewed articles that reflect international best practice, led by regional hosts and paper authors. In our first 'Author in the Room' Journal Club, Dr Rosalie Power led a discussion on one of the studies from the Out With Cancer research project—examined through a regional and rural lens.
The Out with Cancer Study
Facilitated by Dr Kate Wislang, Medical Oncologist and Acting Medical Lead Cancer Services for the Rural Support Service, South Australia, this session delivered a powerful and thought-provoking conversation exploring LGBTQIA+ cancer care, with a particular focus on regional and rural health contexts.
This session's article can be found here -
Ussher, JM.,* Allison, K.,*, Perz, J., Power. R., & The Out with Cancer Study Team. LGBTQI Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life and Distress: A Comparison by Gender, Sexuality, Age and Cancer Type and Geographical Remoteness. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022; 12:873642 https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.873642 *Joint first authorship.
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Author in the Room
Dr. Rosalie Power
Research Fellow, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
Dr Power’s research focuses on marginalised population health, specialising in sexual health, disability and LGBTQ health and using arts-based, mixed-methods, and co-creation approaches. Dr Power served as a Research Associate on the Australian Research Council Linkage funded research project, The Out with Cancer Study, a four- year endeavour examining LGBTIQ+ peoples experiences of cancer. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Women’s Reproductive Health and a board member for the Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.
Facilitator
Dr. Kate Wislang
Medical Oncologist and Acting Medical Lead Cancer Servies (Rural Support Service), South Australia
Dr Wislang is a medical oncologist and acting medical lead in cancer services for the rural support service, working with the Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network.
Additional Resources
Other publications from the Out with Cancer Study:
Sperring, S., Ussher, J.M., Power, R., Hawkey, A. (2025) Sexual Embodiment and Sexual Renegotiation Post-Cancer for LGBTQ People with a Cervix. Archives of Sexual Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03090-w
Power, R., Ussher, J. M., Allison, K., Hawkey, A., & Perz, J. and The Out with Cancer Study Team (2024). “A sweating moment”: impact of disclosure in cancer care on LGBTQI patient satisfaction. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-024-01677-1
Denes, A., Ussher, J. M., Power, R., Perz, J., Ryan, S., Hawkey, A. J., Dowsett, G. W., & Parton, C. (2024). LGBTQI Sexual Well-Being and Embodiment After Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Study. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2378884
Ussher, J., Carpenter, M., Power, R., Ryan, S., Allison, K. A., Hart, B., Hawkey, A. J., & Perz, J. (2024). “I’ve had Constant Fears that I’ll Get Cancer”: The Construction and Experience of Medical Regulation of Intersex Bodies to Reduce Cancer Risk. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2356924
Allison, K. A., Power, R., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and the Out with Cancer Study Team. “Queer people are excellent caregivers, but we’re stretched so very thin”. Psychosocial wellbeing and impacts of caregiving among LGBTQI cancer carers. BMC Cancer, 24 (1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11732-2
Ussher, J. M., Allison, K., Power, R., Ryan, S., Perz, J., Hawkey, A., Parton, C., Davies, C., Watson, L., McDonald, F. E. J., Anazodo, A., Hickey, M., Robinson, K. H., Boydell, K., Bruce, J., Rae, J., Gilmore, T., & The Out with Cancer Study, T. (2023). Disrupted identities, invisibility and precarious support: a mixed methods study of LGBTQI adolescents and young adults with cancer. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1837. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16739-9
Ussher, J. M., Ryan, S., Power, R., & Perz, J. and the Out with Cancer Study Team (2023). Almost invisible: A review of inclusion of LGBTQI people with cancer in online patient information resources. Patient Education and Counseling, 114, 107846. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107846
Ussher, J., Power, R., Allison, K. A., Sperring, S., Parton, C., Perz, J., Davies, C., Hawkey, A. J., Robinson, K. H., Hickey, M., Anazodo, A., Ellis, C., & Cook, C. (2022). Reinforcing or Disrupting Gender Affirmation: The Impact of Cancer on Transgender Embodiment and Identity. Archives of Sexual Behavior, online ahead of press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02530-9
Ussher, JM.,* Allison, K.,*, Perz, J., Power. R., & The Out with Cancer Study Team. LGBTQI Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life and Distress: A Comparison by Gender, Sexuality, Age and Cancer Type and Geographical Remoteness. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022; 12:873642 https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.873642 *Joint first authorship.
Power, R.,* Ussher, JM.,* Perz, J., Allison, K., Hawkey, AJ. "Surviving Discrimination by Pulling Together": LGBTQI Cancer Patient and Carer Experiences of Minority Stress and Social Support. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:918016. Epub 2022/07/12. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.918016. PubMed PMID: 35814403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC9263127. *Joint first authorship.
Ussher, JM.,* Power, R.,* Perz, J., Hawkey, AJ., Allison, K. LGBTQI Inclusive Cancer Care: A Discourse Analytic Study of Health Care Professional, Patient and Carer Perspectives. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:832657. Epub 2022/05/28. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.832657. PubMed PMID: 35619900; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC9127408. *Joint first authorship.
- Ussher, JM., Perz, J., Allison, K., Power, R., Hawkey, A., Dowsett, GW., Hickey, M., Parton, C., McDonald, F., Davis, I., Quinn, G., Boydell, K., Robinson, K., Chambers, S., Anazodo, A. Attitudes, knowledge and practice behaviours of oncology health care professionals towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) patients and their carers: A mixed-methods study. Patient Education and Counselling. 2022;105(7):2512-23. Epub 2022/01/10. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.12.008. PubMed PMID: 34998663.
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