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Triple negative breast cancer in a male‐to‐female transsexual
Author(s) -
Pattison S. T.,
McLaren B. R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12047
Subject(s) - medicine , transsexual , transgender , breast cancer , cancer , female to male , oncology , gynecology , psychology , psychoanalysis
There is limited published literature on the risk of breast cancer in transgender patients. We report a case of an aggressive triple negative inflammatory breast cancer in a male‐to‐female transsexual. This patient had a complicated psychiatric history with significant antipsychotic use, and the case raises several questions about the pathogenesis of this breast cancer. The literature on breast cancer in transgender patients and in relation to hyperprolactinaemia is reviewed.