Prostate Cancer Incidence under Androgen Deprivation: Nationwide Cohort Study in Trans Women Receiving Hormone Treatment | Zendy

I. de Nie | Zendy; Christel J.M. de Blok | Zendy; Tim M. van der Sluis | Zendy; Ellis Barbé | Zendy; Garry L.S. Pigot | Zendy; Chantal M Wiepjes | Zendy; Nienke M. Nota | Zendy; Norah M. van Mello | Zendy; Noelle E Valkenburg | Zendy; Judith A.F. Huirne | Zendy; Louis Gooren | Zendy; R. Jeroen A. van Moorselaar | Zendy; Koen M.A. Dreijerink | Zendy; Martin den Heijer | Zendy

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Prostate Cancer Incidence under Androgen Deprivation: Nationwide Cohort Study in Trans Women Receiving Hormone Treatment

Author(s) -

I. de Nie,

Christel J.M. de Blok,

Tim M. van der Sluis,

Ellis Barbé,

Garry L.S. Pigot,

Chantal M Wiepjes,

Nienke M. Nota,

Norah M. van Mello,

Noelle E Valkenburg,

Judith A.F. Huirne,

Louis Gooren,

R. Jeroen A. van Moorselaar,

Koen M.A. Dreijerink,

Martin den Heijer

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/clinem/dgaa412

Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , androgen deprivation therapy , gynecology , interquartile range , cohort , population , hormone therapy , context (archaeology) , cancer , incidence (geometry) , oncology , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , breast cancer , biology , paleontology , physics , environmental health , optics

Trans women (male sex assigned at birth, female gender identity) mostly use antiandrogens combined with estrogens and can subsequently undergo vaginoplasty including orchiectomy. Because the prostate remains in situ after this procedure, trans women are still at risk for prostate cancer.

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