Hage JJ, Dekker JJ, Karim RB, Verheijen
RH, Bloemena E.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]
Background Ovarium cancer is the fifth most
common cause of cancer-related death in women and is the most common fatal
gynecologic malignancy. So far, ovarium carcinoma has not been reported to
have occurred in female-to-male transsexuals.
Objective and Method We report on two such
cases. Long-term exposure to increased levels of endogenous and exogenous
androgens is hypothesized to constitute an additional risk factor in
transsexuals as it has been associated with ovarian epithelian cancer.
Conclusion Simultaneous
salpingo-oophorectomy should be performed in any female-to-male transsexual
undergoing hysterectomy in the course of gender-confirming therapy.
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
Citation:
Gynecol Oncol 2000 Mar;76(3):413-5 an article published on the Internet by
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