Pölcher M

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

guideline 2025

Intergroup statement: opportunistic salpingectomy-molecular pathology, clinical outcomes and implications for practice (German Ovarian Cancer Commission, the North-Eastern German Society of Gynecologic Oncology (NOGGO), AGO Austria and AGO Swiss)

Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-025-07974-z

Opportunistic salpingectomy is defined as the removal of both fallopian tubes as part of a surgical procedure planned for other reasons. The goal is primary prevention of ovarian cancer. The procedure is offered to patients who are not know…

observational 2023

Ovarian cancer prevention by opportunistic salpingectomy is a new de facto standard in Germany

Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology ·doi:10.1007/s00432-023-04578-5

PURPOSE: The most prevalent and aggressive subtype of epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC), high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC), originates in many cases from the fallopian tubes. Because of poor prognosis and lack of effective screening for e…