Feb. 10, 2023 — All women who have finished having children should consider having their fallopian tubes removed at the time of other scheduled pelvic surgery in order to lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer, even if they aren’t at increased risk for the deadly disease, a leading research organization has advised.
Doctors currently recommend that women with high genetic risk for ovarian cancer have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed once they’ve finished having children.
In new messaging, the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance is now encouraging all women, even those without a genetic mutation, to have their fallopian tubes removed during…
