Experiences of hereditary cancer care among transgender and gender diverse people: "It's gender. It's cancer risk…it's everything".

ABSTRACT: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals are a significant yet underrepresented population within genetic counseling research and broader LGBTQI+ health studies. This underrepresentation perpetuates a cycle of exclusion from the production of medical knowledge, impacting the quality and equity of care received by TGD individuals. This issue is particularly poignant in cancer genetic counseling, where TGD individuals with elevated cancer risk receive risk assessment, counseling, and referral to support based on risk figures and standards of care developed for cisgender individuals. The experiences of TGD individuals navigating inherited cancer syndromes remain largely undocumented in medical literature, posing challenges to the provision of inclusive care by genetics providers. To b

SUBMITTER: Roth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316848 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature