Risk-Reducing (Prophylactic) Gynecological Surgery in Lynch Syndrome | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Visit: https://www.dana-farber.org/LynchSyndrome Colleen Feltmate, MD, a gynecologic oncologist at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, operates on women with gynecologic cancers and also performs prophylactic surgeries. She describes the types of gynecologic cancers that women with Lynch syndrome are at risk for, and the decision-making process for undergoing risk-reducing (prophylactic) surgery to prevent cancer.