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Unanswered Questions: Hereditary breast and gynecological cancer risk assessment in transgender adolescents and young adults.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Aug 2020
Sutherland Nykole, Espinel Whitney, Grotzke Marissa, Colonna Sarah
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Transgender (TG) individuals have higher rates of mortality associated with cancer diagnoses, in part due to avoidance of gender-assigned cancer screenings resulting in later stages at diagnosis. Knowledge about the risks of breast or gynecological cancer in TG and nonbinary (NB) persons receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy is limited. Even less information exists regarding the subset of individuals with...
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