Have you even read that Wikipedia article that you yourself linked?
The World Health Organization, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, and many other scientific organizations recommend against the use of breast self-examinations.[11] Also, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners states that teaching women to perform breast self-examination is no longer recommended.[12] In the US, however, there is no consensus among organizations related to breast self-examination as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the American Medical Association recommend monthly breast self-examination while the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the US Preventative Services Task Force, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network neither recommend nor discourage breast self-examination.[13]
Thank you for the reminder! And also to remember to still check whatever bits you have too. They can still have issues you can find with a regular self-exam.
Convenient video on this for those with testicles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdD1MJXOpk
(Its the Deadpool PSA)
Not that people shouldn’t still do this, but Breast Cancer is actually far, far less likely for XY-chromosome havers. The same is true for CAIS and faulty SRY intersex women.
I’ve read conflicting studies on this. Breast cancer doesnt have a single root cause, and several of the genes associated with developing breast cancer can be inherited by people who have a Y chromosome (which has been shown to significantly increase the risk). I believe current guidance after a trans woman has been on HRT for 3 years or more is to treat their risk profile as being equivalent to a cis woman with their genetics and family history.
My mother died of stage 4 breast cancer. So did my great grandmother, and one of my aunts. Consequently I have been getting annual checks on the recommendation of my doctors.
Studies have also shown that family history of breast cancer can and does translate to increased risk for cis men (still comparatively much lower than for cis women, but nontheless still present). Needless to say, if a first degree relation to you has had breast cancer it should be treated as a serious risk regardless of your assigned sex, its just harder to detect early if you have breast tissue. Which is why getting checked is important.
Hmmm, I remember being told this and realized I have never been checked by a Dr, I probably will for top surgery, funny getting too surgery after bottom.
This is really important for me since grandma died of breast cancer
