Perspective: Should we remove a woman's ovaries to prevent ovarian Ca?

Richard R. Barakat; Stephen C. Rubin

Perspective: Should we remove a woman's ovaries to prevent ovarian Ca?

Richard R. Barakat
, Stephen C. Rubin

Surgery

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

Consideration of benefits and risks of prophylactic oophorectomy suggest that it is appropriate for women at high risk for ovarian cancer but not warranted in the general population. Decisions about hysterectomy need to be made on a case-by-case basis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-78
Number of pages	10
Journal	Contemporary Ob/Gyn
Volume	47
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2002

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