Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Doctor's determine a way to reduce risks from ovarian cancer

B.C. study a ‘eureka moment’ in fight against ovarian cancer - The Globe and Mail
Excerpt:

Removing fallopian tubes as part of hysterectomies and tubal
litigations would “have an immediate impact on saving lives,” said
Dianne Miller, a gynecologic oncologist with the Ovarian Cancer Research
Program of the B.C. Cancer Agency.

That is because,
paradoxically, the most deadly form of ovarian cancer originates in the
fallopian tubes – where eggs travel from the ovaries to the womb – not
the ovaries per se, she said.


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