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bilateral oophorectomy |
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bilateral oophorectomy Gyneology The removal of two or more ovaries. See TAH-BSO. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Because no curative treatment is available, prophylaxis by bilateral oophorectomy at time of operation of the primary tumor has been considered by some authorities,29 but this requires further study and evaluation. To investigate whether bone lead concentrations decrease and blood lead levels increase, we conducted a prospective study of 91 women who were scheduled to undergo a bilateral oophorectomy for a benign condition at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City during October 1994 through April 1999. nbsp;before their diagnosis of breast cancer or if ovarian cancer was diagnosed before breast cancer; potential controls were excluded if they had had bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral prophylactic mastectomy before the age at which their matched case received her breast cancer diagnosis. |
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