Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA

ABSTRACT Individualized breast cancer risk assessment should be considered for transmasculine patients pursuing gender‐affirming mastectomy to identify and educate high‐risk patients about the option for risk‐reduction gender‐affirming mastectomy. This reduces oncologic risk while achieving the desi...

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Main Authors: Bailey N. Johnson, Ivan Hadad, Aladdin H. Hassanein, Carla S. Fisher
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-04-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70336
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spellingShingle Bailey N. Johnson
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Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
Clinical Case Reports
BRCA
breast cancer
cancer screening
mastectomy
transgender
transmasculine
title Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
title_full Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
title_fullStr Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
title_full_unstemmed Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
title_short Risk‐Reducing Gender‐Affirming Mastectomy: Unique Considerations in BRCA
title_sort risk reducing gender affirming mastectomy unique considerations in brca
topic BRCA
breast cancer
cancer screening
mastectomy
transgender
transmasculine
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70336
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