The discovery that most ovarian cancers start, not in the ovaries, but the Fallopian tubes, means there may be a way to help prevent a disease that kills about 1000 women in Australia each year.
Performing an opportunistic salpingectomy (removal of fallopian tubes) reduces the risk of serous ovarian cancer by up to 78% ...
Removing the fallopian tubes during routine gynecological surgery reduced the risk of serous ovarian cancer by nearly 80%.
There’s currently no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer, meaning that most cases are caught at an advanced stage, ...
A simple add-on surgery could cut the risk of deadly ovarian cancer by about 80%, but most women aren’t told about it.
Opportunistic salpingectomy should be considered for women undergoing gynecological pelvic surgery to reduce future ...
A prevention strategy developed by Canadian researchers can reduce the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian ...
A preventative surgical procedure developed in British Columbia appears to drastically reduce a woman’s risk of developing the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer, a merciless disease of ...
A prevention strategy developed by B.C. researchers reduces the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer by nearly 80 per cent, according to a new UBC study published today in JAMA ...
A Nanaimo gynecologist is advocating for Island general surgery departments to roll out a procedure after a new report shows ...
Jordan was the victim of a hate crime after beginning hormone replacement therapy. He opens up to PEOPLE about his transition ...
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