Prostate cancer in transgender women in the VA health system

JAMA

2023-04-29

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This case series demonstrated that prostate cancer occurs in transgender women and is not as rare as published case reports might suggest. However, rates were lower than expected based on prior prostate cancer incidence estimates in cisgender male veterans.

Authors: Farnoosh Nik-Ahd, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6028)

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