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CHESTcare
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New personalized educational web tool for trans men, transmasculine, & nonbinary people. Learn about your chest cancer risk (equivalent to breast cancer in cis women). Built by trans & gender-diverse (TGD) people FOR TGD people.

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Please check out our new open access publication in JCO Precision Oncology on the some of the work that informed the CHESTcare prototype!

ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...
A figure showing the conclusions of the paper. Part A shows a picture of the difference between top surgery and mastectomy as well as DNA and an MRI, and is titled "Comprehensive education on surgical options, breast cancer risk, and postoperative screening." Part B shows a conversation between a genetic counselor and patient and is labeled "Integration of genetic counselor-driven risk assessment, testing, and pre-operative risk counseling. Part C shows a conversation between a surgeon and patient about top surgery, is labeled "Informed patient-led decisions making on surgical technique balancing risk and aesthetics". Part D depicts and microscope and graph and is labeled "long term quantitative cancer outcomes data." Part E depicts ultrasound and MRI alongside a trans symbol and is labeled: "inclusive breast/chest screening and health spaces"
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Thrilled to present our research on top surgery, genetics, and breast/chest cancer risk at the #BNGAP LGBT Health Workforce Conference in NYC! Looking forward to sharing updates with you all soon. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #GeneChat #OncoSky
Two androgynous presenting and one femme presenting persons standing near a conference banner that reads "LGBT Health Workforce Conference"
May 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM