Removing fallopian tubes, a procedure known as opportunistic salpingectomy, may help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Removing fallopian tubes, a procedure known as opportunistic salpingectomy, may help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a consensus statement from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance , a nonprofit research and advocacy group based in New York.“Seventy percent of the most common and lethal ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes,” according to an OCRA report.
OCRA, in its report, discussed the challenge of finding an effective tool for the early detection of the disease. “Screening for ovarian cancer, even in high-risk populations, does not work,” said Dr. Stephanie V. Blank, M.D., director of gynecologic oncology for the Mount Sinai Health System. A large British clinical trial that used blood tests and scans to try to detect early-stage ovarian cancer showed the screening tests did not decrease deaths due to ovarian cancer. Also a professor of gynecologic oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, Dr. Blank said patients who are done having children and are having gynecological surgery for another issue may want to consider this surgery to reduce their risk of developing ovarian cancer.
For those with a gene mutation, removal of the fallopian tubes may be one avenue to explore to lower the chances of getting the disease, according to experts.
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