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- Dr. Rebecca Stone told Kira Wynn that removing a woman's fallopian tubes cuts ovarian cancer risk by nearly 80 percent.
- Stone said most ovarian cancers start in the fallopian tubes, while only about 20 percent begin in the ovaries.
- Tubal removal is a five-minute procedure that can be performed during hysterectomy, tubal ligation, gallbladder surgery or hernia repair.
- Wynn sought the advice after her mother’s ovarian-cancer death.
