Early endometrial cancer in young women may not mean ovaries need to be removed
January 27, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It’s been a given that if a woman has endometrial cancer, part of the surgical treatment is removing the ovaries (an oopherectomy). But, according to a study of over 3000 women under the age of 45 years, published in the online Jan. 26 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found after five years, there was no difference in survival rate between young women with early endometrial cancer who had oopherectomies and those who didn’t.
Endometrial cancer is generally found in women around age 60 years and older, with there being only a 5% rate in women under 40 years old.
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