Oophorectomy is the removal of the ovaries to treat or prevent ovarian cancer or other ovarian abnormalities. âRisk-reducing oophorectomyâ refers to the removal of healthy ovaries in women who have an elevated risk for ovarian cancer. Women with elevated hereditary risk for ovarian cancer also have an elevated risk for fallopian tube cancer. For this reason, when their ovaries are removed prophylactically, the fallopian tubes must also be removed. âBilateral salpingo-oophorectomyâ (BSO) refers to the surgical removal of both ovaries and both tubes. In women at increased risk for ovarian cancer, bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy has been shown to be a highly effective tool to lower the risk for both ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 180,967. The county seat and most populous city is Howell. The county was set off in 1833, but for three years remained a part of Shiawassee and Washtenaw counties. It was organized in 1836. As one of Michigan's Cabinet counties, a group of counties whose names honor members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, it is named after former U.S. Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Livingston County is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Heath Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 3,317.