Preventive surgery protects against breast, ovarian cancer in women carrying BRCA1, B
 

Women who have gene mutations that put them at high risk of ovarian and breast cancer can significantly reduce the risk of developing or dying from these cancers by having their healthy ovaries or breasts removed, according to a new study reported in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Re: Preventive surgery protects against breast, ovarian cancer in women carrying BRCA
 

I felt so much healthier (no longer having low-grade fever, no peeling lips...) after my prophylactic hysterectomy/oophorectomy. My final decision to undergo the procedure was made when I learned about my 2nd Brother's colon cancer treatment in 2009. Fortunately by then I'd already had my BRCA gene test done (because of Mother's Non-Hodekins Lymphoma treatment in 1998) and my surgery was approved based on the BRCA gene variant found in the test. The amazing thing was that when I typed in all the cancers happened in my family, I came across a term - HNPCC - which matched the illnesses that had happened in my family.