In February 2018 Melissa Hubbard underwent surgery to remove part of her colon. What she didn’t know until afterward was that her ovaries were removed as well. Removing Hubbard’s ovaries had been ...

—This study explores factors associated with complications and survival among women with epithelial ovarian cancer who undergo primary debulking surgery. Reviewed by Vrunda Bhavsar Desai, MD, FACOG, ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that ovariectomy, surgical removal of a woman's ovaries, raises her risk of developing dementia or cognitive impairment. Risk is especially ...

There’s been an ongoing conversation about the importance of listening to your body, and Marsai Martin is one of the latest celebs echoing this message. The Black-ish star opened up about the ovarian ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that will help surgeons while they're removing ovarian cancer. Cytalux was developed by Purdue University. It is an imaging agent that will ...

For most women, menopause occurs naturally around the age of 49. In the lead up to menopause, the quality and quantity of eggs declines over time. Then the ovaries stop releasing eggs completely.

A study found that the difficulty of surgery and the degree of cancer spread in the abdominal cavity can be predicted only by ...

Investigators estimated the cumulative incidence of clinically diagnosed VTE within 6 months following primary debulking surgery performed at the Mayo Clinic between 2003 and 2011 for epithelial ...

Shortly after sharing plans to remove her ovaries due to a tumor on one of the organs, the reality star also decided to remove her uterus as to "not give anything a chance to grow anywhere." Though ...

Cytalux is a fluorescent drug intended to assist surgeons in identifying ovarian cancer lesions. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cytalux™ (pafolacianine), an optical imaging agent, ...