Transgender Patients and Cancer-Related Screening with Trinidad Labanca

BMJ talk medicine

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Trinidad Labanca to discuss transgender patients and cancer-related screening. Dr. Labanca is a Gynecologist at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Sexologist at the University of Buenos Aires. She has an MBA with specialization in Healthcare Management from the European Business School and specialized in Transgender Health and Sexual Confirming Genital Surgery at the Institute of Plastic Surgery Dr. Ivan Mañero, in Barcelona, Spain. She has been a WPATH member since 2015. Dr. Labanca currently works in the Department of Gender Diversity and Transgender Health at Hospital Dr. Bernardo Houssay, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Podcast Highlights: 1. Gynecologists and gynecologists oncologists should be involved in transgender care, understand gender diversity and promote sexual health 2. Gynecologic cancer screenings should be organ- rather than gender-based. 3. Hormone therapy and surgical status may change screening strategies. 4. There is a need of further high-quality research in the field of Transgender Health.