Fallopian tube removal cuts ovarian cancer risk - Yahoo! Canada News

"...But Dr. Sarah Finlayson, a gynecological oncologist at Vancouver General, said recent research has shown that at least half of the cases of the deadliest form of ovarian cancer originate in the fallopian tubes — not the ovaries.
That malignancy, called a high-grade serous tumour, represents about 70 per cent of all ovarian cancers. And because there is no screening test and symptoms can be non-existent or vague, diagnosis too often occurs once the cancer is at an advanced stage and has spread to other tissues.
"Something that we had thought of in the past as an ovarian cancer is really, in fact, a fallopian tube cancer," said Finlayson. "Removing the fallopian tube becomes a way of preventing these cancers."...cont'd