Gender-affirming testosterone therapy may be protective for breast cancer

Leveraging an artificial intelligence algorithm created by Dr. Heng's team to analyze breast tissue composition—the relative amounts of breast epithelium, fibrous stroma, and fat—the findings suggest that gender-affirming testosterone therapy may decrease the breast cancer risk for trans masculine individuals.

Press release by BIDMC: https://www.bidmc.org/about-bidmc/news/2024/07/research-in-brief-testosteron-therapy-may-protect-against-breast-cancer

Original research article published in Breast Cancer Research: https://breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13058-024-01867-w