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Hysterectomies: Cancer
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Additionally, in America, women in the southeast have hysterectomies more often than anywhere else in the country. Dr. McLucas emphasizes there are times when hysterectomies are indeed necessary, especially when dealing with cancer.
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When members of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology met in 1971 their meeting hotly debated the issue of hysterectomies. The overwhelming conclusion regarding whether every woman who is finished with childbearing should have a hysterectomy was summed by gynaecologist Ralph W. White, M.D. He expressed the members' prevailing attitude of respect for the female womb by proclaiming: "It's a useless, bleeding, symptom-producing, potential cancer-bearing organ".1
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About 10% of hysterectomies are performed to treat cancer of the cervix, ovaries, or uterus. Women with cancer in one or more of these organs almost always have the organ(s) removed as one part of their cancer treatment.
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