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How do you counsel male-to-female transgender patients on the VTE risk of hormonal therapy?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Overall, there are minimal data in pediatric populations, but the data from adult populations suggests that in the vast majority of cases, it is safe from a VTE standpoint to administer estrogen therapy in male-to-female transgender patients. The current formulations of estrogen that are recommende...

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