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[Prophylactic salpingectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy as an ovarian cancer prevention?].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Mar 2015
Chene Gautier, Lamblin Gery, Le Bail-Carval Karine, Chabert Philippe, Golfier François, Dauplat Jacques, Deligdisch Liane, Penault-Llorca Frédérique, Mellier Georges
Abstract excerpt
A recent hypothesis has stated that many ovarian cancers (especially high-grade serous histotype) could arise from the distal part of the fallopian tube. On one hand we know that risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy is the most effective prevention for ovarian cancer among BRCA mutation carriers. On the other, oophorectomy increases the relative risk for cardiovascular, osteoporotic psychosexual and cognitive...
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