Testicular mixed germ cell tumor in a transgender woman

Transgender women who have not undergone orchiectomy remain at risk for the development of testicular cancer. Unfortunately, many physicians self-report a weak fund of knowledge around transgender health issues and some are uncomfortable performing proper exams or advising patients on self-exams. He...

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Autores principales: Fine, Noam, Abbott, Todd, Wintner, Anton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8528688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34712578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101861
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description Transgender women who have not undergone orchiectomy remain at risk for the development of testicular cancer. Unfortunately, many physicians self-report a weak fund of knowledge around transgender health issues and some are uncomfortable performing proper exams or advising patients on self-exams. Here we report the first case of a testicular mixed germ cell tumor that developed in a transgender woman and discuss the salient points of caring for transgender patients.
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spelling pubmed-85286882021-10-27 Testicular mixed germ cell tumor in a transgender woman Fine, Noam Abbott, Todd Wintner, Anton Urol Case Rep Oncology Transgender women who have not undergone orchiectomy remain at risk for the development of testicular cancer. Unfortunately, many physicians self-report a weak fund of knowledge around transgender health issues and some are uncomfortable performing proper exams or advising patients on self-exams. Here we report the first case of a testicular mixed germ cell tumor that developed in a transgender woman and discuss the salient points of caring for transgender patients. Elsevier 2021-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8528688/ /pubmed/34712578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101861 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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