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		Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
		In an oophorectomy, one or a portion of one ovary may be removed or both ovaries may be removed.
		Oophorectomies are sometimes performed on pre-menopausal women who have estrogen-sensitive breast cancer in an effort to remove the main source of estrogen from their bodies.
	www.ahealthyme.com /article/gale/100083782 (1798 words)

	Oophorectomy - Topic Overview of Augusta, Georgia
		Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of the ovaries, the part of a woman's reproductive system that stores and releases eggs for fertilization and produces female sex hormones.
		Oophorectomy is often necessary when pelvic disease, such as ovarian cancer or severe endometriosis, is present.
		Oophorectomy is sometimes recommended when the hormones produced by the ovaries are worsening a disease, such as breast cancer or severe endometriosis.
	www.universityhealth.org /14817.cfm (532 words)

	Should I use estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) after a hysterectomy or oophorectomy? -- Medical Information
		An oophorectomy is the surgical removal of the ovaries.
		Sometimes oophorectomy is intended to treat a condition that is triggered or made worse by the ovaries' hormone changes, such as severe, untreatable premenstrual syndrome (PMS), endometriosis, or premenopausal breast cancer.
		Oophorectomy may also be performed to remove a growth on the ovary or ovaries.
	www.webmd.com /hw/womens_conditions/tn9713-medinfo.asp (269 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Oophorectomy
		Sometimes a bilateral oophorectomy is performed in women with breast cancer to remove the main source of estrogens, since estrogens seem to stimulate the growth of some breast cancer.
		Although there are many situations where oophorectomy is a medically wise choice, women with healthy ovaries who are undergoing hysterectomy for reasons other than cancer should discuss with their doctors the benefits and disadvantages of having their ovaries removed at the time of the hysterectomy.
		Oophorectomy is performed through the same type of incision as an abdominal hysterectomy.
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	Prophylactic oophorectomy: Removing your ovaries to reduce your risk of breast and ovarian cancer - MayoClinic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prophylactic oophorectomy is usually recommended if you're at increased risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer due to an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes — two genes linked to breast cancer, ovarian cancer and other cancers.
		Prophylactic oophorectomy may also be recommended if you have a strong family history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer but no known genetic alteration.
		The decision to have prophylactic oophorectomy is a difficult one.
	mayoclinic.com /invoke.cfm?objectid=B61BA82F-1499-4884-B50A819DB83A87CE (2129 words)

	Prophylactic Oophorectomy
		Prophylactic oophorectomy is the removal of the ovaries in the absence of malignant disease.
		Prophylactic oophorectomy for women with a low or average risk of ovarian cancer whose BRCA gene carrier status is unknown or negative is considered investigational.
		Pre- and post-counseling as an adjunct to the prophylactic oophorectomy procedure is considered medically appropriate for all individuals considering a prophylactic oophorectomy that has been recommended by a health professional.
	www.bcbst.com /MPManual/Prophylactic_Oophorectomy.htm (1182 words)

	APPENDIX VIII: Prophylactic Oophorectomy
		The probability of a hereditary ovarian cancer syndrome in a family pedigree increases with the number of affected relatives, with the number of affected generations, and with young age of onset of disease.
		Therefore, prophylactic oophorectomy should be considered in these settings with careful weighing of the risks and potential benefits.
		The risk of ovarian cancer in women from families with hereditary ovarian cancer syndromes is sufficiently high to recommend prophylactic oophorectomy in these women at age 35 or after childbearing is completed.
	www.health.state.ny.us /nysdoh/cancer/obcancer/append8.htm (621 words)

	Prophylactic Oophorectomy May Increase Mortality Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
		Use caution in the decision to perform prophylactic oophorectomy in women who are under the age of 65 and who are at average risk of developing ovarian cancer.
		For women at average risk of ovarian cancer the potential prophylactic benefit is overshadowed by an increased risk of mortality from coronary heart disease and hip fracture, reported William H. Parker, M.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles and colleagues.
		Compared with women ages 50 to 54 who retained their ovaries, those undergoing oophorectomy without estrogen therapy were more than twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death among women.
	www.medpagetoday.com /Surgery/GeneralSurgery/tb/1461?pfc=101&spc=235 (828 words)

	Oophorectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		In humans and some animals such as cats and dogs, oophorectomy is most usually performed together with a hysterectomy - the removal of the uterus.
		Its use in humans when there are no other health problems is somewhat controversial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oophorectomy (266 words)

	OBGManagement.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Schrag et al14 reported that prophylactic oophorectomy in a 30-year-old with a BRCA mutation increased life expectancy by 0.3 to 1.7 years.
		A subsequent report by Grann and colleagues15 also suggested that prophylactic oophorectomy was associated with an increased life expectancy of 0.4 to 2.6 years.
		In this series, oophorectomy was associated with a 47% decreased risk of subsequent breast cancer (hazard ratio 0.53).
	www.obgmanagement.com /redir.asp?filename=obg_0404_00056.xml (3225 words)

	News - Oophorectomy Curbs Ovarian And Breast Cancer Risks In Carriers of BRCA Mutations
		This has now been confirmed by two large and complementary studies, validating the current practice of recommending preventive oophorectomy in post-childbearing women carrying a mutant BRCA gene and providing a strong rationale for genetic testing in women with a strong family history of breast cancer.
		Among 292 women who had not undergone prophylactic oophorectomy, ovarian cancer developed in 58 (19.9 percent) during a mean follow-up of nearly nine years.
		In contrast to this, among 259 women who did undergo the procedure, a stage I ovarian tumour was identified at surgery in six (2.3 percent), and primary peritoneal cancer subsequently developed in two others (0.8 percent).
	docguide.com /news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256BBF00748A41 (686 words)

	Hormone Replacement Therapy and Life Expectancy After Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Women With BRCA1/2 Mutations: A ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The effect of oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on life expectancy for a 35-year-old woman with a BRCA1/2 mutation according to the estimated effect of prophylactic oophorectomy (PO) on breast cancer.
		The effect of oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on life expectancy for a 35-year-old woman with a BRCA1/2 mutation according to the estimated effect of prophylactic oophorectomy (PO) on ovarian cancer.
		The effect of oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on life expectancy (LE) for a 35-year-old woman with a BRCA1/2 mutation undergoing prophylactic oophorectomy (PO) according to estimated effects of HRT on coronary heart disease (CHD) and breast cancer risks.
	www.jco.org /cgi/content/full/22/6/1045 (5994 words)

	IBCRF Research: Metastatic Oophorectomy Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the same time finding out about whether the timing of surgical oophorectomy influences its efficacy is very important for all American women because of the implications of this result for causes and treatments of breast and other cancers.
		Thus, if this study shows that luteal phase oophorectomy is more effective treatment, this would be a breakthrough for all women.
		Next, if surgical oophorectomy during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle is more effective treatment, this means the specific hormonal changes with this surgery cause other major changes in the blood (in other growth promoting or inhibiting substances), changes which will be very important to identify.
	www.ibcrf.org /research/metastatic_ooph.html (479 words)

	NEJM -- Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations
		Results Six women who underwent prophylactic oophorectomy (2.3 percent) received a diagnosis of stage I ovarian cancer at the time of the procedure; two women (0.8 percent) received a diagnosis of papillary serous peritoneal carcinoma 3.8 and 8.6 years after bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy.
		With the exclusion of the six women whose cancer was diagnosed at surgery, prophylactic oophorectomy significantly reduced the risk of coelomic epithelial cancer (hazard ratio, 0.04; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.01 to 0.16).
		Of 99 women who underwent bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy and who were studied to determine the risk of breast cancer, breast cancer developed in 21 (21.2 percent), as compared with 60 (42.3 percent) in the control group (hazard ratio, 0.47; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.29 to 0.77).
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/abstract/NEJMoa012158v1 (2378 words)

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	Prophylactic Oophorectomy: Reducing the U.S. Death Rate from Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. A Continuing Debate -- Piver 1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prophylactic Oophorectomy: Reducing the U.S. Death Rate from Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.
		oophorectomy for a family history of ovarian cancer.
		Primary peritoneal carcinoma after oophorectomy in women with a family history of ovarian cancer.
	theoncologist.alphamedpress.org /cgi/content/full/1/5/326 (2399 words)

	AAN: Oophorectomy Tied to Parkinson's Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Inform patients considering oophorectomy, especially bilateral oophorectomy, that the loss of estrogen as a result of the operation has been linked with an increased risk for developing Parkinson's disease.
		Having a unilateral oophorectomy had less of a risk for developing Parkinson's than bilateral oophorectomy, but more of a risk than keeping the ovaries intact.
		In this study of nearly 5,000 women, researchers compared those who underwent bilateral oophorectomy with those who had unilateral oophorectomy and matched them with women of the same age who had not undergone surgical removal of their ovaries.
	www.pointofcarecme.com /Neurology/2005AANMeeting/tb/884 (796 words)

	News - Menstrual Cycle Phase Important In Mastectomy Plus Oophorectomy
		The factors associated with menstrual cycle phase may influence outcomes from simultaneous mastectomy and surgical oophorectomy in pre-menopausal women with breast cancer.
		"We found that women who underwent adjuvant oophorectomy simultaneously with mastectomy surgery during the estimated luteal phase of the menstrual cycle benefited from this treatment to a statistically significantly greater extent than did women who had this surgery during the follicular phase," researchers report.
		Patients were randomised to mastectomy with adjuvant surgical oophorectomy and tamoxifen for five years or mastectomy alone.
	docguide.com /news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256BAC004C63D6 (629 words)

	Preventive Oophorectomy: Where You Live, Which Doctor You See Predicts Ovary Removal
		But a new study in the December issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology reveals that the rates of oophorectomy (removal of healthy ovaries) to prevent ovarian cancer are very uneven, suggesting that physician experience and cultural factors may play a more critical role in what happens.
		Doctors who have performed a large volume of vaginal hysterectomies are also more likely to perform a prophylactic, or preventive, oophorectomy.
		The researchers also found wide geographic variations as to whether oophorectomy was performed.
	my.webmd.com /content/Article/20/1728_53294.htm (568 words)

	OvarCyst Abstracts
		The patients underwent a mean of 4.7 previous surgical procedures (range, 2 to 9): 12 had bilateral oophorectomy, and 7 had unilateral oophorectomy.
		With laparoscopic oophorectomy there is risk of ovarian remnant due to improper tissue extraction or misapplication or improper use of pretied surgical loops, linear stapler, or bipolar electrodesiccation on the infundibulopelvic ligament, especially in women with a history of multiple pelvic surgeries, adhesions, or endometriosis.
		Ovarian remnant syndrome is a complication of oophorectomy.
	www.nezhat.com /ovarcyst_abst.htm (1252 words)

	Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, and Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels in Older Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study -- Laughlin et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		bilateral oophorectomy, in accord with the national rate (4).
		reported bilateral oophorectomy was confirmed in 96% of cases.
		1974 Effect of oophorectomy on circulating testosterone and androstenedione levels in patients with endometrial cancer.
	jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/85/2/645 (5033 words)

	Factors Affecting Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Postmenopausal Women -- GROSS et al. 94 (6): 962 -- Obstetrics & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Factors Affecting Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Postmenopausal Women -- GROSS et al.
		NEIL R. From the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, and Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
		comorbidities, and age, oophorectomy was not associated with
	www.greenjournal.org /cgi/content/abstract/94/6/962 (309 words)

	Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Women with BRCA Mutations - Journal Watch (General) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Women with BRCA Mutations - Journal Watch (General)
		Prophylactic oophorectomy in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
		Haber D. Prophylactic oophorectomy to reduce the risk of ovarian and breast cancer in carriers of BRCA mutations.
	general-medicine.jwatch.org /cgi/content/full/2002/614/1 (277 words)

	Decision analysis of prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy in BRCA1- positive or BRCA2-positive patients -- Grann et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Decision analysis of prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy in BRCA1- positive or BRCA2-positive patients -- Grann et al.
		oophorectomy, by 3.3 to 6.0 years over surveillance.
		Prophylactic Oophorectomy to Reduce the Risk of Ovarian and Breast Cancer in Carriers of BRCA Mutations
	www.jco.org /cgi/content/abstract/16/3/979 (1260 words)

	Prophylactic oophorectomy: Removing your ovaries to reduce your risk of breast and ovarian cancer
		• Prophylactic oophorectomy: Removing your ovaries to reduce your risk of breast and ovarian cancer
		Your doctor has determined that you carry a mutation in breast cancer gene BRCA1 or BRCA2.
		If you choose to also have a hysterectomy, your doctor may suggest one of several possible approaches, including:
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	Treatments: Oophorectomy - CureResearch.com
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		Count: Oophorectomy is listed as a: treatment for 1 conditions; alternative treatment for 1 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions.
		Oophorectomy as a treatment: The following list of conditions have 'Oophorectomy' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:
	www.cureresearch.com /treat/oophorectomy.htm (258 words)

	Prophylactic Oophorectomy
		Prophylactic oophorectomy may be medically necessary for women who meet one of the following criteria:
		Laparoscopy, surgical; with removal of adnexal structures (partial or total oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy)
		The Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plans comprising The Regence Group serve Idaho, Oregon, Utah and much of the State of Washington.
	www.regence.com /trgmedpol/surgery/sur37.html (402 words)

	Carotid Wall Thickness and Years Since Bilateral Oophorectomy: The Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study -- Dwyer et al. ...
		Carotid Wall Thickness and Years Since Bilateral Oophorectomy: The Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study -- Dwyer et al.
		who had undergone bilateral oophorectomy, IMT was significantly
		the adverse effect of bilateral oophorectomy on coronary heart
	aje.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/156/5/438 (290 words)

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