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PSA May Be Insufficient to Detect Early Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women (ascopost.com)

submitted 6 months ago by StevenSaus@midwest.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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Transgender women receiving hormone therapy may skew artificially low on prostate cancer screening tests, thereby providing false reassurance and potentially delaying diagnosis and treatment, according to a recent study published by Nik-Ahd et al in JAMA. The findings indicated that transgender women and physicians should interpret standard screening guidelines with caution.

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[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh my god, I cannot even understand news titles now!

[–] StevenSaus@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

PSA == Prostate Specific Antigen, referring to a blood test used to screen for prostate cancer.

I presume the rest of the words are easily understandable or able to be looked up.

[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I stumbled upon the prostate cancer in transgender women. Couldn't get who's having cancer on what, and which gender they are.

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Prostate

Women

What's the problem here?

[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

it seems my brain is the problem here