A painful family inheritance for former Georgetown resident Oct 30, 2009
Linden and others also recommend considering a prophylactic oophorectomy once the family is complete to reduce the risk of both breast and ovarian cancers. Pitman knows it may be options her own daughter may face one day. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Luteinizing Hormone–Releasing Hormone and Postmenopausal Flushing Sep 17, 2009
Each of the women had undergone menopause as a result of oophorectomy, which had been performed several years previously. Severe flushing developed in Patient 1. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Neurosurgeons Operated on Own Dog May 20, 2009
"We put Homer's MRI up," Wadon says, "and presented him like a human: A 70-year-old (in dog years) black male with onset of seizures who, as a child, had had a bilateral oophorectomy (castration) for cultural reasons.". Silence. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Study Examines Power Of Exercise To Prevent Breast Cancer Apr 12, 2009
Previous Penn research shows that prophylactic mastectomy slashes carriers breast cancer risk by 90 percent, while prophylactic oophorectomy, or ovary removal, halves their breast cancer risk and reduces their chances of getting of ovarian cancer by about 85 to 90 percent. Though the surgeries are highly effective, they usher in quality of life concerns particularly with regard to body image and sexuality and the early menopause that results from ovary removal brings a woman s childbearing years... (Science Daily)
Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women Mar 17, 2009
The third study looked at how having the ovaries removed (oophorectomy) at the time of a hysterectomy affected a woman's health ... "In no analysis or age-group does oophorectomy increase survival," wrote the study's authors. (MEDLINEplus)
Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer Feb 7, 2009
Removal of the ovaries, called an oophorectomy, has long been a standard part of therapy for endometrial cancer ... A hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus), and often an oophorectomy as well, has been standard with this type of cancer, largely because of concerns that the cancer might also affect the ovaries and that continued production of estrogen could fuel tumor growth ... But even with oophorectomy dominating treatment for this type of cancer, individualization of treatment has been... (MEDLINEplus)
