Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Hormone Related Tumours and Transsexuals
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/12/hormone-related-tumours-and.htmlHormone-related tumors in transsexuals receiving treatment with cross-sex hormones : A. Mueller, L. Gooren : European Journal of Endocrinology, Vol 159, Issue 3, 197-202 :
There are so far only a few cases of hormone-related cancer in transsexuals. There may be an underreporting. The probability of a hormone-related tumor increases with the duration of exposure to cross-sex hormones and the aging of the population of transsexuals.
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Recently, a website has been opened for reporting side effects of cross-sex hormone treatment (
http://www.wpath.org/resources_transgender.cfm).
This contribution focuses on the risk of development of hormone-dependent malignancies in transsexuals. It will try to formulate some recommendations to reduce the risk of development of hormone-related malignancies and strategies which might lead to early diagnosis.
