OBJECTIVE The presence of deleterious mutations in breast cancer (BRCA)-1 or BRCA-2 gene has a decisive influence on the development of various types of neoplasms, such as breast, ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal cancers. Primary peritoneal cancer is an aggressive malignancy which, due to the absence of a specific screening test, cannot be diagnosed in its early stages. As a risk-reducing option,...

OBJECTIVES To examine the associations between consultations with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners and menopause-related symptoms. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of 10 011 women aged 59-64 years from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, conducted in 2010. Women, including those with hysterectomy, oophorectomy an...

OBJECTIVE To report the surgical history, clinical characteristics, and operative technique used in patients with ovarian remnant syndrome after laparoscopic oophorectomy. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Teaching hospital and private practice office. PATIENT(S) Nineteen patients with documented history of unilateral or bilateral laparoscopic oophorectomies with histologic confirmation...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnosis and treatment decisions made in children and adolescents with an adnexal mass. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study among patients younger than age 18 years who were diagnosed with or treated for an adnexal mass at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, between January 1999 and October 2013. Age, signs and symptoms, labor...

Bilateral oophorectomy is often performed during hysterectomy for benign conditions and can reduce breast cancer risk by 20%–50% when performed at younger ages. Accuracy of estimating the decrease in breast cancer risk associated with bilateral oophorectomy could be affected by common conditions that lead to surgery, such as uterine fibroids or endometriosis. The authors examined the potential ...

Fragility fractures, resulting from low-energy trauma, occur in approximately 1 10 Danish women aged 50 years or older. Bilateral oophorectomy (surgical removal of both ovaries) may increase the risk fragility fractures due to loss ovarian sex steroids, particularly estrogen. We investigated association between bilateral and fracture whether this was conditional on age at time oophorectomy, hor...

The question of whether to remove macroscopically normal ovaries at the time of hysterectomy for non-malignant conditions in women aged 40-50 years or older is still controversial. Estimation of the benefits and potential risks of prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy is difficult. The spokesmen for bilateral oophorectomy claim that this operation prevents subsequent development of ovarian cancer...