Cancer Risk in Transgender People

Christel J. M. de Blok; Koen M. A. Dreijerink; Martin den Heijer

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.005

Cancer Risk in Transgender People

Christel J. M. de Blok, Koen M. A. Dreijerink, Martin den Heijer

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Abstract

Gender-affirming hormonal treatment (HT) in transgender people is considered safe in general, but the question regarding (long-term) risk on sex hormone-related cancer remains. Because the risk on certain types of cancer differs between men and women, and some of these differences are attributed to exposure to sex hormones, the cancer risk may be altered in transgender people receiving HT. Although reliable epidemiologic data are sparse, the available data will be discussed in this article. Furthermore, recommendations for cancer screening and prevention will be discussed as well as whether to withdraw HT at time of a cancer diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-452
Number of pages	12
Journal	Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.005
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

Cancer
Sex differences
Sex hormones
Transgender

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