A simple add-on surgery could cut the risk of deadly ovarian cancer by about 80%, but most women aren’t told about it.

The discovery that most ovarian cancers start, not in the ovaries, but the Fallopian tubes, means there may be a way to help prevent a disease that kills about 1000 women in Australia each year.

Removing the fallopian tubes during routine gynecological surgery reduced the risk of serous ovarian cancer by nearly 80%.

A preventative surgical procedure developed in British Columbia appears to drastically reduce a woman’s risk of developing the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer, a merciless disease of ...

A prevention strategy developed by Canadian researchers can reduce the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian ...

A Nanaimo gynecologist is advocating for Island general surgery departments to roll out a procedure after a new report shows ...

The involvement of 2 surgeons during cytoreductive debulking and bowel surgery in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer significantly reduces the rate of anastomotic leaks. In hopes of achieving ...

Robotic secondary cytoreductive surgery achieved complete resection of triple-site extrapelvic ovarian cancer recurrence in a ...

Early symptoms of ovarian cancer can be similar to those of other pelvic or abdominal conditions and include persistent bloating, pain in the pelvis and lower abdomen, urinary frequency and urinary ...

HONOLULU — High-risk women who undergo prophylactic surgery to reduce ovarian cancer risk have few lingering worries about developing cancer in the future or regrets about their decision to undergo ...

The patient was suffering from abdominal swelling and persistent pain for several months before seeking medical care ...