A 41-year-old member asked:
how does one get ovarian cancer after removal of ovaries?
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Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
Tissue cell migratio: When ovaries have been removed you may have stray cells inorgans& other parts of body, and it is possible to get cancer usually in peritonium.So it is possible even after removal of ovaries.
Answered on Apr 4, 2013
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