Most women have never heard of their prostate, let alone considered that they could develop prostate cancer. But buried in female anatomy are small structures called Skene’s glands that develop from ...
People assigned female at birth can't get prostate cancer because they don't have a prostate gland. However, women can get a rare type of cancer that develops in the Skene's glands, a pair of organs ...
Most people learn in biology class that the prostate is unique to men. Yet human anatomy holds a small surprise: at the front wall of the vagina sits a pair of glands, the Skene’s glands, that share ...
Transgender women keep their prostates after gender-affirming surgery, and as a result are still at risk for prostate cancer. But the extent to which they’re at risk has been unclear up to now. A ...
Nearly all transgender women retain their prostate, even after undergoing gender-affirming surgery. This may come as a surprise to many doctors and even to trans women themselves. For trans women, who ...
Transgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer. A new study concludes that current screening guidelines could miss early-stage prostate cancer in transgender women on hormone therapy.