A lot of the time, though, the ovarian cancer has grown too much in the abdomen for surgery to unblock the obstruction to work. Ask your doctor to help you weigh the pros and cons.

Chloe Ball, 23, pictured in hospital after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in August 2023. Ball's symptoms started in February 2023, but it was thought that nothing was wrong for several months.

Salpingectomy and Ovarian Cancer Prevention ‌Research has shown that many cases of ovarian cancer actually begin in the fallopian tubes. This research also shows that the most aggressive types ...

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March 03, 2023 To prevent ovarian cancer, more women should have their fallopian tubes removed, physicians say Because there is no effective screening method, several medical groups and cancer ...

At 8, I had surgery that left a scar on my chest that made me feel self-conscious. As an adult, I struggled in gym locker rooms and didn't take my shirt off during sex. But a man I met at a bar ...

Meyer LA, Cronin AM, Sun CC, et al. Use and Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2016;34(32):3854-3863. Harter P, Sehouli J, Vergote I, et al.

The wife and mother underwent emergency surgery to determine the cause of her pain. "They told me it was ovarian cancer, and I never thought that would be something I would be waking up to ...

Likewise, median overall survival (OS) was not significantly different between the two groups -- 48.9 months in the no-lymphadenectomy arm versus 58.8 months in the lymphadenectomy arm (HR 0.92 ...

Primary surgery for advanced ovarian cancer significantly improves progression-free survival but not overall survival compared with neoadjuvant chemo and interval cytoreductive surgery.