Delia Sosa is transgender and intersex and a survivor of sexual assault. They feared a future assault could result in an unwanted pregnancy.
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this dramatically reduces their risk of ...
Known as "the silent killer" due to its lack of symptoms and reliable screening tests, ovarian cancer remains one of the deadliest gynecologic cancers, claiming more than 12,000 lives annually.
The province is expanding access to a life-saving made-in-B.C. procedure that dramatically reduces the risk of occurrence of ovarian cancer. Opportunistic salpingectomy, or the removal of fallopian ...
One simple add-on procedure to routine pelvic surgeries could potentially prevent thousands of deaths from ovarian cancer every year. Yet most women are never told it’s an option. The procedure, ...