In the field of cancer medicine, the prevailing wisdom is that early detection and diagnosis saves lives. Catching cancer at earlier stages generally improves patient outcomes and increases chances of ...

The discovery that most ovarian cancers start, not in the ovaries, but the Fallopian tubes, means there may be a way to help prevent a disease that kills about 1000 women in Australia each year.

The rainbow party hats called to Delia Sosa at the grocery store. A poignant, perfect way to mark the occasion. The morning of that big day in June, Sosa wrote a message across the front of the party ...

Women whose Fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

Performing an opportunistic salpingectomy (removal of fallopian tubes) reduces the risk of serous ovarian cancer by up to 78% while preserving hormonal health.

Ovarian cancer often starts in the fallopian tubes. That's why Mayo Clinic researchers started a living fallopian tube biobank — and it has already produced new scientific insights. Dr. Jamie ...

"I want my tubes out. I'm done." That was what 26-year-old Samantha Martinez decided after the birth of her fourth child. The mom, from Washington State, embarked on a life-altering journey to ...