| A benefit from
ovary removal
Women at high risk
of getting breast cancer may lessen that risk by having their ovaries
removed.
References:
Rebbeck, T.R., et
al. 1999. Breast cancer risk after bilateral prophylactic
oophorectomy in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Journal of the National
Cancer Institute 91(Sept. 1):1475.
Further Readings:
Piver, M.S., et
al. 1993. Primary peritoneal carcinoma after prophylactic
oophorectomy in women with a family history of ovarian cancer: A report
of the Gilda Radner Family Ovarian Cancer Registry. Cancer
71:2751.
Sources:
Timothy R.
Rebbeck
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
904 Blockley Hall
23 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 11, September 11, 1999, p. 167. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |