Risk-Reducing Early Salpingectomy with Subsequent Oophorectomy: Views Among Women at Risk for Ovarian Cancer

Despite clear satisfaction with risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, many high-risk women would support a trial of early salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy.

Given the primary role of the fallopian tubes in the genesis of ovarian cancer, more women are undergoing bilateral salpingectomy in the setting of other gynecologic surgeries. To determine how such women view risk-reducing early salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy (RRESDO), British investigators surveyed a cohort at excess risk for ovarian cancer (based on genetic testing or family history) to assess the acceptability of this procedure.

Among 683 respondents, 51% had undergone risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) and 95% were known carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Mean age of those who had not undergone RRSO was 38; mean age of those who had undergone RRSO was 52. Among women with RRSO, the vast majority were satisfied with their decis…

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Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD

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Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD

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Grant/Research SupportMerck, Mithra, Medicines360

Editorial BoardsContraception; Menopause; Contraceptive Technology Update; OBG Management; Medscape OB/GYN & Women’s Health

Risk-Reducing Early Salpingectomy with Subsequent Oophorectomy: Views Among Women at Risk for Ovarian Cancer

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