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Potential for surgical prophylaxis of ovarian cancer

The aim of this study was to estimate the potential for surgical prophylaxis of ovarian cancer, expressed as the share of preventable cases in a total number of diagnosed ovarian cancer cases. Available measures for surgical prophylaxis include ovariectomies in women with a strong family history of ovarian cancer, as well as in older women at the time of hysterectomy or non-gynecological laparotomy, with patient's consent obtained previously. If the perfect compliance for optional ovariectomy at the time of hysterectomy, non-gynecologic laparotomy or in women with strong family history of ovarian cancer could be achieved in clinical practice, up to 13% of ovarian cancer cancer could be prevented through surgical prophylaxis.

prophylaxis; cancer; ovary; surgery

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