Removing organs “just in case”—is prophylactic removal of the ovaries a good thing?

In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health · 2006 · vol. 60(3) , pp. 186–187 · doi:10.1136/jech.2005.035170 · PMID:16476744 · PMC2465567 · W2016381426
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This paper examines the practice of prophylactic oophorectomy during hysterectomy, highlighting issues and suggesting research to evaluate this untested technology.

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This papers highlights the issues and illustrates a research agenda for trying to disentangle the problems of the continuing use of an untested technbology—prophylactic oophorectomy—at the time of hysterectomy.

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