Bilateral salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy for ovarian cancer risk reduction: A pilot study in women with BRCA1/2 mutations.

CONCLUSIONS: In this pilot study, BRCA mutation carriers who underwent bilateral salpingectomy had no intraoperative complications, were satisfied with their procedure choice, and had decreased cancer worry and anxiety after the procedure.
PMID: 29735278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gynecologic Oncology - May 4, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nebgen DR, Hurteau J, Holman LL, Bradford A, Munsell MF, Soletsky BR, Sun CC, Chisholm GB, Lu KH Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research