HealthDay News — Opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy (OBS) is associated with a risk reduction in serous ovarian carcinoma, according to a research letter published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Network ...

A prevention strategy developed by Canadian researchers can reduce the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian ...

A new large study from Canada now offers powerful hope. Researchers report that a simple prevention strategy, added to routine gynecological surgery, can reduce the risk of the most common and deadly ...

Removing the fallopian tubes during routine gynecological surgery reduced the risk of serous ovarian cancer by nearly 80%.

Canadian researchers have developed a prevention strategy that can reduce the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer by nearly 80%, according to a new study published in JAMA ...

The study added to a large existing volume of evidence that has consistently shown a risk-reducing effect of OBS on ovarian cancer, said Karen H. Lu, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida and ...

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) often originates in the fallopian tube fimbriae, not the ovarian surface epithelium. Opportunistic salpingectomy is recommended during benign gynecologic ...

Women whose Fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

Women whose fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

Known as "the silent killer" due to its lack of symptoms and reliable screening tests, ovarian cancer remains one of the deadliest gynecologic cancers, claiming more than 12,000 lives annually.