Ovarian cancer is considered to be the most serious of women's cancers. Experts say that's because symptoms are generic, there isn't a specific test for it — like mammograms for breast cancer — and when detected, the cancer is usually in a later stage.
"We've got great prevention for the people who have known genetic mutations that increase their risk, but we didn't have anything for the general population, and opportunistic salpingectomy has really filled that void," said Dr. Gillian Hanley, an assistant professor in the University of British Columbia's obstetrics and gynecology department.
The most common is a subtype of epithelial ovarian carcinoma called high-grade serous. It represents about 70 per cent of ovarian cases and about 90 per cent of the deaths, says Hanley. An illustration shows the ovaries and the fallopian tubes. The fallopian tubes would be removed during an opportunistic salpingectomy.
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