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If you wish to test this tool, please use the responses “I am planning to have or am considering gender-affirming top surgery” followed by “I am currently taking testosterone or have taken testosterone in the past.” You may choose your own paths related to family history and genetic testing.

How does gender affirming care affect breast cancer risk?

Anyone can get breast cancer. For most people assigned female at birth (AFAB), breast cancer risk is a significant health concern. In fact, about 1 in 8 (12%) will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.

This data is based mostly on cisgender women. We’ll help you understand how your body and your medical history may affect your risk.

The following set of questions does NOT store individualized information about you, the user. It does not keep your IP address or the user agent. We do store responses, which do not contain any protected health information, so that we can understand how the tool is used over time, and what kinds of people may find it most useful.

To help us give you the right guidance, please answer these questions:

What is 6 + 3?

About my top surgery status:
About testosterone ("T"):
Think about the people who are related to you by blood (biological relatives). Have YOU or ANY OF THESE PEOPLE had any of the following cancers: breast, ovarian, pancreas, prostate, melanoma, or primary peritoneal cancer?
Do not include skin cancers other than melanoma, like basal cell carcinoma and sarcoma. Do not include cervical cancer. Only include people who are related to you by blood. Only include your mother, father, aunts (mother and father’s sisters), uncles (mother and father’s brothers), grandparents, nieces, nephews, children. Do not include your cousins, great aunts, great uncles, and great grandparents.
Have you ever had genetic testing for breast cancer genes that run in families? This type of testing is called "hereditary cancer genetic testing" or "germline cancer genetic testing"