"...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
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