Although most METARs are men, many have women in your lives. For women, this applies to us directly.
The TMF computer will not allow me to write the O-word that describes the female gonad. (Shaking head with disgust.) So I will just write O.
90% of ovarian cancers start in the fallopian tubes, not in the Os!
That is stunning news!
The O isn’t connected to the fallopian tube by a sealed connection. The fallopian tube nestles the O in an open structure that looks like a rose and catches eggs when they are released. A cancer that starts in a fallopian tube can spray tiny malignant cells onto the O and into the abdomen.
Removing Os can have negative effects since they produce hormones. But removing fallopian tubes does not have negative effects.
The American Cancer Society is now recommending that any woman who is having open abdominal surgery for any reason (e.g. gall bladder) and who doesn’t intend to get pregnant in the future should have her fallopian tubes (not Os) removed. For birth control, the tubes should be removed, not tied.
The incidence of ovarian cancer (actually fallopian tube cancer) is 1% but it’s usually deadly because it’s hard to detect.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/health/ovarian-cancer-fallopian-tubes.html
Wendy
