Wednesday 29 August 2012

Can removing fallopian tubes prevent cancer?

"I've seen a few articles recently about removing the fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, a procedure called "prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy". And not just in women who are at high risk for ovarian cancer, which is already recommended by gynecological medical societies in the United States, but for all women who are not planning to have any more children and who are about to undergo abdominal surgery for any reason." Continue reading the American Cancer Society Expert Voices blog here.

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