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Opinion | This preventative surgery might just save women from deadly cancer - The Washington Post

By Leana S. Wen

Opinion | This preventative surgery might just save women from deadly cancer - The Washington Post

There is no effective screening for ovarian cancer, but this procedure can help prevent it.

Heres a life-saving fact you may not know: Nearly all fatal ovarian cancers start not in the ovaries, but in the fallopian tubes the ducts that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. Removing the… [+126 chars]

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