Preventive Ovary Removal for BRCA+ Leads to Lower Bone Density

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edited August 2019 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Preventive Ovary Removal in Women With BRCA Mutation Leads to Lower Bone Density
August 13, 2019
Women with a BRCA mutation who have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed preventively are likely to have lower bone density after surgery, especially if a woman is premenopausal at the time of surgery. Read more...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2019

    Oh no! More bad news for my sister??

    About six weeks ago, she had a double mastectomy and a prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. They wanted to remove her uterus too, but she said no at this time because it would interfere with her work for too long. She only had cancer in her right breast but she's triple negative and has the BRCA1 gene. She's postmenopausal but that doesn't take her out of the woods.

    Thanks for the article. I'll make sure to send a link to it to my sister.

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