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- Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting trans adults
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Category Archives: Oncology
The Trans Mammogram Gap: Large numbers of trans people aren’t receiving their recommended screenings for breast cancer. Are you?
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Routine screenings for breast cancer using regular mammograms have enabled the earlier detection of these cancers in cis women at a stage when they are often more … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness building, Breast, Endocrinology, Health care, Oncology, Safety data, Surgery, Transfeminine, Transgender medicine, Transmasculine
Tagged awareness, HRT, medicine, surgery, transition
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Contrary to Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage”, testosterone use in trans men is not associated with increased reproductive cancers
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier has become one of the most celebrated books among anti-trans advocates for its popular and accessible repackaging of their movement’s current master narrative: that trans youth and young adults who come out are largely confused … Continue reading
Posted in Breast, Endocrinology, Hoaxes, Oncology, Safety data, Transmasculine, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged HRT, medicine, transition
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Denmark population-wide study confirms association between cyproterone acetate and meningioma risk – and recent users of CPA are disproportionately trans women
Previously: Additional data confirms 10mg of cyproterone acetate (CPA) is effective for testosterone suppression in trans women (June 2021) Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Since 2018, I’ve been covering emerging findings on … Continue reading
Posted in Antiandrogens, Endocrinology, Oncology, Progestogens, Transfeminine, Transgender medicine
Tagged HRT, medicine, science, transition
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Additional data confirms 10mg of cyproterone acetate (CPA) is effective for testosterone suppression in trans women
Previously: Lower doses of cyproterone acetate may be similarly effective for blocking testosterone, with a lower risk of adverse effects (August 2020) Study of entire French population offers further data on cyproterone acetate and meningioma risk (February 2021) Disclaimer: I … Continue reading
Posted in Antiandrogens, Endocrinology, Oncology, Progestogens, Transgender medicine
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Three decades and hundreds of transfeminine breast augmentations show rare regret and trends toward larger implants
Trans women and transfeminine people seeking breast augmentation as part of medical transition face certain concerns distinct from cis women who may receive this surgery. Our anatomical baseline is very different from that of adult cis women, with a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Breast, Oncology, Outcomes of transition, Surgery, Transfeminine, Transgender medicine
Tagged medicine, transition
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