Uptake is on the rise for a procedure to remove the fallopian tubes, which can be the origin of ovarian cancer — a disease that is hard to detect or prevent.
About one in 75 Canadian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, according to Ovarian Cancer Canada.that an opportunistic salpingectomy can help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
has been done in Canada for more than a decade on women who are done having children and are already undergoing a gynecological surgery.Preliminary data analyzed by University of British Columbia obstetrics and gynecology associate professor Gillian Hanley and colleagues shows that uptake has grown since theirUniversity of British Columbia associate professor Gillian Hanley says opportunistic salpingectomies rates are increasing, but there's 'still definitely room for improvement.
Most recently in February, the global non-profit Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology in the U.S.Hanley said B.C.'s approach to opportunistic salpingectomy is recommended in nine other countries. Researchers in "I remember at the time I felt so emotional because I thought you know the lives potentially that could be saved, the suffering that can be avoided. For me it was this really huge moment of understanding, especially having gone through my own journey with ovarian cancer."
For nine years she was healthy. But in 2016 she was diagnosed with low-grade serous ovarian cancer, a rare type.The Ovarian Cancer Canada volunteer says it's been exciting seeing the medical science community make progress in ovarian cancer prevention. Journal of the American Medical Association last year found that opportunistic salpingectomy could help to reduce the number of ovarian cancer cases.
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