Sentences with phrase «oophorectomy by»

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Overall, the investigators found that oophorectomy reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 80 percent.

Investigators examined the relationship between prophylactic oophorectomy and the rates of ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal (abdominal) cancer, and the overall rate of death (total mortality) by age 70.

The investigators suggest that the premature loss of estrogen caused by the oophorectomy may affect a series of aging mechanisms at the cellular and tissue level across the whole body leading to diseases in multiple systems and organs.

It can be brought on by lack of arousal, or estrogen decline during nursing and menopause, or after oophorectomy.