Most of the women who get breast cancer have no family history of the disease or other risk factors.

Safeguards compiled this review of the research literature on the subject of breast cancer among lesbians.

Summary & Recommendations:
Because Trans communities face a myriad of serious health and social concerns such as homelessness, poverty, violence, lack of access to health care, unemployment, lack of support, high rates of substance abuse and depression, quitting smoking may, understandably, not be a high priority for many Trans people who use tobacco products…

Current Research on Smoking and Trans communities
At present, there is very little medical information about the long-term
health effects of hormone usage in Trans individuals…

Rates
of Smoking Among Transgender Populations
Preliminary evidence from recent focus groups and surveys examining
smoking in the LGBTQ community suggests both rates of smoking and getting
help quitting are concerns for Trans populations…

Available Research
Asscheman, H; Lips, P; Gooren, LJG; Megens,
JAJ. Division of Endocrinology/Andrology…