Evidence of a mortality benefit continues to elude ovarian cancer (OC) screening. Data from
the US Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial which used a …

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome carries significant mortality for young
women if effective preventive and screening measures are not taken. Preventive salpingo …

Ovarian cancer continues to be a silent killer. Most women have advanced disease at the
time of diagnosis. Intensive efforts to develop effective screening strategies have not so far …

Importance Most ovarian cancers originate in the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube. This
has led to the hypothesis that surgical resection of the fallopian tubes at the time of …

The mortality rate of ovarian cancer remains high due to late diagnosis and recurrence. A
fundamental step toward improving detection and treatment of this lethal disease is to …

Recently accumulated evidence has strongly indicated that the fallopian tube is the site of
origin for the majority of high-grade serous ovarian or peritoneal carcinomas. As a result …

Risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is a proven strategy to reduce the risk of
serous ovarian cancer associated with germline BRCA mutations. It is most effective when …

Female sterilization, one of the most effective forms of pregnancy prevention, can be
performed remote from pregnancy (interval sterilization) or around the time of delivery …

Background: Opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy (OBS) has been proposed as an ovarian
cancer risk-reducing strategy. Methods: A survey was emailed to 300 members of the …

Introduction: Most serous ovarian cancers are now thought to originate in the fallopian tubes.
This has raised the issue of performing incidental salpingectomy (also called elective …