Metastatic prostate cancer in transsexual diagnosed after three decades of estrogen therapy

Can Urol Assoc J. 2013 Jul-Aug;7(7-8):E544-6. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.175.

Abstract

The incidence of prostate cancer in transsexual patients is very low with only few reported cases. Many years before presenting with prostate cancer, these patients receive hormone ablation as a part of their gender therapy. Their disease is already defined as castrate resistant, and the treatment and follow-up of such patients remains a challenge. We report a case of a male-to-female transgender woman who was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer, 31 years post-feminization.