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A pioneering, B.C.-led surgical procedure aimed at preventing ovarian cancer has been deemed safe by a new Italian study published Thursday in the medical journal Gynecologic Oncology.
B.C. experts have been at the forefront of a change in surgical protocols that recommends the removal of women’s Fallopian tubes during hysterectomies in order to reduce their risk of developing ovarian cancer.
But, as a Vancouver Sun series published earlier this year showed, preventive Fallopian tube removal has been controversial because of concerns on the part of some surgeons that there is no proof that removing the tubes won’t compromise biological functions or pose undue surgical risks.
The new Italian study found no negative effects of the procedure, prompting the authors to note that because of the “reassuring data, it could be possible for our group to start a preventive campaign in South Italy, following the example of British Columbia.”............
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