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salpingo-oophorectomy

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Surgical removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.

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  • noun medicine Removal of a Fallopian tube and an ovary.

Etymologies

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From salpingo- + oophorectomy.

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Examples

  • The most drastic is prophylactic surgery; a bilateral mastectomy and/or a salpingo-oophorectomy removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries -- many doctors believe that ovarian cancer originates in the fallopian tubes.

    Yael Cohen: Do My Genetics Determine My Future? Yael Cohen 2010

  • The most drastic is prophylactic surgery; a bilateral mastectomy and/or a salpingo-oophorectomy removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries -- many doctors believe that ovarian cancer originates in the fallopian tubes.

    Yael Cohen: Do My Genetics Determine My Future? Yael Cohen 2010

  • The most drastic is prophylactic surgery; a bilateral mastectomy and/or a salpingo-oophorectomy removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries -- many doctors believe that ovarian cancer originates in the fallopian tubes.

    Yael Cohen: Do My Genetics Determine My Future? Yael Cohen 2010

  • "Risk reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (fallopian tube and ovary removal) which is recommended since the effectiveness of ovarian cancer screening remains unproven, significantly lowers the risk for both ovarian cancer, by up to 97%, and for breast cancer, by approximately 50% (when performed prior to the age of 50)", he comments.

    Dr. Rock Positano: Breast Cancer Genes: New Strategies For Protecting Women 2008

  • Total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • This review will summarize the current literature assessing sexual symptoms following benign gynecological surgery, including hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, tubal ligation, anti-incontinence surgery and pelvic organ prolapse reconstruction with and without mesh.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs R N Pauls 2010

  • This procedure, called a salpingo-oophorectomy, also lowered the risk of developing breast cancer and of dying from breast or ovarian cancer.

    U.S. News 2010

  • Medical professionals have long recommended prophylactic mastectomies (breast removal) and salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries) to ward off a cancer diagnosis, but they weren't sure of the actual outcomes.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • The numbers of women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy as well as numbers of women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries) were higher in the RRM group.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The numbers of women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy as well as numbers of women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries) were higher in the RRM group.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

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