This Week's Topic - Ovarian Cancer Care & Questions Episode #26 Pt3

Many ovarian cancers originate in fallopian tubes.

Ovarian Cancer
https://www.cancercenter.com/cancer-types/ovarian-cancer/types

Prophylactic oophorectomy
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/oophorectomy/in-depth/breast-cancer/art-20047337

Prophylactic Oophorectomy May Increase Mortality in Some Average Risk Patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514564/

Study Finds Many Ovarian Cancers May Start in Fallopian Tubes
https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/ovarian-cancer-fallopian-tube-origins

Scientists Track Ovarian Cancers to Site of Origin: Fallopian Tubes
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/scientists_track_ovarian_cancers_to_site_of_origin_fallopian_tubes#:~:text=Genomic%20study%20suggests%20that%20most%20ovarian%20cancers%20originate