Season 11 • Episode 871

871 - A Potentially "Game-Changing" Approach to Preventing Ovarian Cancer

Mar 19, 2025

19:28

Women's Health Cancer Ovarian Cancer Public Health Pregnancy & Maternal Health

Episode Description

About this episode:

For some people with a high risk of ovarian cancer, a standard approach has been full removal of the reproductive organs. But new research points to a far less invasive procedure called a salpingectomy, or removal of the fallopian tubes, as a potential "game changer" in ovarian cancer. In this episode: understanding high grade serous carcinoma—the most common type of ovarian cancer—the lack of screening tools, and why fallopian tube removal isn't yet available to more people.

Guest:

Dr. Rebecca Stone is an OBGYN, a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and the director of The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service.

Host:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

A Game-Changer for Ovarian Cancer—Johns Hopkins Medicine
Salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy reduces ovarian cancer risk—JNCI Cancer Spectrum
Salpingectomy for the Primary Prevention of Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review—NIH

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