47-year-old female patient had to undergo a complete hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. These are surgical procedures to remove the uterus and both ovaries. Doctors most often have to resort to such procedures due to cancer of the uterus, ovaries, or fallopian tubes. However, they are sometimes also performed preventively if the patient has a genetically increased risk of cancer – especially carriers of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations.
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