Transgender Men Can Face Fighting Breast Cancer Too

The medical world has blind spots in its understanding of how to take care of trans men and women

A transgender man, is somebody who is born female, and then takes male hormones to change gender. Many transgender people switch gender without having surgery to change their body.

… ” Zil Goldstein, a nurse practitioner and program director at Mount Sinai’s transgender center, said that while she had concerns about the long-term safety of transgender hormones, she worried more about the possible harm from not prescribing them – researchers report that 41 percent of transgender people attempt suicide.” …

…  “trans men with breast cancer were often urged to stop taking testosterone. One reason is that the body converts some testosterone to estrogen, which can speed the growth of many breast tumors. And some breast cancers may also be stimulated by testosterone, … “

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