Shit my GIC says
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All screenshots are from publicly available webpages and documents produced by NHS GICs. Posts from a queue. Submissions and suggestions from public sources in DMs welcome.
![Screenshot of the Tavistock and Portman GIC self referral form.
SECTION 1
Please forward Section 1 and 2 of this referral form must be completed by your GP. Without this information the Self-Referral would be deemed in complete and unable to proceed with the referral.
[Account note- grammatical and spelling errors are reproduced accurately to the original text]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6dyorph655cymp65pc3olh5w/bafkreiavtqk7ytq7oo6mwkzzuienlxifzsgoygkb5r3jmhhkj35t4e5ivq)
![A screenshot of two feminising hormone therapy guides from the Tavistock GIC on top of each other.
The top one is SHARED CARE PRESCRIBING GUIDANCE FOR Treatment of Gender Incongruence in Transgender women, Transfeminine and Non-binary People (Assigned Male at Birth)
In the trans feminine population the risk of breast cancer appears to be reduced
compared to cisgender females (incident ratio 0.3 [0.2–0.4]). This value is
significantly higher than cisgender men (incident ratio 46.7 [27.2–75.4])[13]
The bottom one is Hormone Treatment – feminine – information leaflet v2
It is known that for cisgender women prolonged HRT use beyond 5 years after the menopause (about age 55) is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. However, we also know that breast cancer risk remains the same as your birth gender which is 10 lower than a cis gendered female,
Author note: as stated in the main post, the claim that breast cancer risk in trans women remains the same as in cis men is false](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6dyorph655cymp65pc3olh5w/bafkreicu3rtkrcmrdvnaho2kbmuu4pcximvm3veok6jgcfjq6rxs5ywnlq)
