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'''Uterine tubes''', | '''Uterine tubes''', also known as the '''Fallopian tubes''', serve as a connection between the [[ovary|ovaries]] and the [[uterus]]. It is where fertilization usually takes place. | ||
This was ignored in the past... current thinking is that it may be the real culprit in what is often labeled as "ovarian cancer".<ref name=pmid19574767>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hirst | first1 = JE. | last2 = Gard | first2 = GB. | last3 = McIllroy | first3 = K. | last4 = Nevell | first4 = D. | last5 = Field | first5 = M. | title = High rates of occult fallopian tube cancer diagnosed at prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. | journal = Int J Gynecol Cancer | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 826-9 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc | PMID = 19574767 }}</ref> | This was ignored in the past... current thinking is that it may be the real culprit in what is often labeled as "ovarian cancer".<ref name=pmid19574767>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hirst | first1 = JE. | last2 = Gard | first2 = GB. | last3 = McIllroy | first3 = K. | last4 = Nevell | first4 = D. | last5 = Field | first5 = M. | title = High rates of occult fallopian tube cancer diagnosed at prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. | journal = Int J Gynecol Cancer | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 826-9 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc | PMID = 19574767 }}</ref> | ||