When it comes to fertility, the female reproductive system plays a crucial role, and the fallopian tubes are integral components of this intricate process. These slender, tube-like structures have a ...

“Knowledge is power,” says Samantha Carlucci, 26. The Ravena, New York, resident recently had a hysterectomy that included removing her fallopian tubes – and believes it saved her life. The Ovarian ...

A systematic review found that bilateral salpingectomy is associated with roughly an 80% reduction in risk for the serous ...

Because there is no effective screening method to catch ovarian cancer at an early stage, most diagnoses occur when the cancer has reached its later stages. As a result, only about half of women with ...

A simple treatment known as "fallopian tube recanalization," which often needs to do little more than remove a small amount of mucus causing the blockage, could allow a higher percentage of women ...

As a surgeon treating patients with advanced ovarian cancer, my job has more than its fair share of bleak moments. This invidious disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose; you can’t screen for it, ...

Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Key Takeaways The female reproductive system includes organs that produce hormones ...

Despite recommendations that surgeons remove fallopian tubes during hysterectomies to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, a new study from Yale University shows few women are offered that option.

Every day, an average of 11 women in the UK succumb to ovarian cancer, despite mortality rates dropping by a quarter since the 1970s, states Cancer Research UK. Although it's the 6th most common ...

Stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have revealed the origins of a common type of ovarian cancer by modeling fallopian tube tissues. Studies using the fallopian tube organoids allowed ...

There is no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer, so doctors urge women at high genetic risk for the disease to have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed once they are done having children, ...