Talking to a friend, whose mother died of ovarian cancer, brought up a recent NZ Herald/NYT article (gift link below).
FTA: " 'Ovarian cancer,' (Dr. Rebecca) Stone (Johns Hopkins) told her, is a misnomer. Nearly all ovarian cancers – and nearly all fatal ovarian cancers – are actually cancers of the fallopian tubes. The 20% or so that start in the ovaries are different, Stone said, and usually can be cured."
This friend was in for a laparoscopic gall bladder (due gall stones) removal this month and asked the surgeon, literally in the operating theatre, if he could remove her fallopian tubes at the same time (which, in this case, were no longer needed). The surgeon didn't usually do this procedure. He called in the resident gynecologist for a quick consult, and then did both the gall bladder and fallopian tube removal.