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Removing My Ovaries Could Prevent Cancer. So Why Am I Hesitating? (Ovarian Cancer Awareness Series, Part 8 of 9)
Removing your ovaries can significantly reduce ovarian cancer risk for people with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. But knowing what is medically recommended and feeling ready to actually do it are two very different things.
In this deeply personal episode of BRCA & Beyond, Marisa shares where she is right now at 40, facing the decision of when to remove her ovaries because of BRCA2.
At 38, she chose to remove her fallopian tubes while keeping her ovaries through the WISP study, giving her more time before surgical menopause. She knew ovary removal would eventually become part of the conversation…
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