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 ...

Scientists anticipate a future where transgender people could create their own gender-affirming hormones and even produce ...

—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 ...

A study found that the difficulty of surgery and the degree of cancer spread in the abdominal cavity can be predicted only by vaginal ultrasound performed before ovarian cancer surgery. The research ...

Interval debulking surgery, or IDS, is a way to treat advanced – meaning stage III or IV – ovarian cancer when primary surgery isn’t possible. IDS also can be performed as a secondary surgery when ...

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, ...

A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on May 22, 2025, titled "A rare case: Pure Sertoli cell tumor uncovered in atrophic ovary during postmenopausal vault prolapse evaluation." ...

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 ...