Reply #2: The bad news is that you can get ovarian cancer without ovaries.

[DemBones DemBones]

Talk about unfair. . . Women who've had their ovaries removed along with their uterus need to know that they can still get the same deadly cancer that usually develops in the ovaries. There is a blood test in trials that looks promising but until then, it's just see your doctor if you have any abdominal pain, get him to order a scan. Maybe talk him into a scan even if you don't have pain since this is usually an asymptomatic cancer.

There's an internet letter that keeps making the rounds that has a lot of misinformation about a blood test you can get now; that test is only used for women who've had ovarian cancer.

Keep in contact with your gynecologist to find out about the test that's supposed to be on the market in the next year or two.