Kara Long Roche is an associate attending and member of the Section for Ovarian Cancer Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Gynecology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She holds an M.D. and an M.Sc. and is a fellow of the American College of Obstretrics and Gynecologists. Follow Long Roche on Twitter @KaraLongRoche
Having Their Fallopian Tubes Removed Will Spare a Large Number of Women from Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is hard to detect and usually deadly. Preemptively removing fallopian tubes during other abdominal surgeries could save hundreds of thousands of lives