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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

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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