Fallopian Tube Cancer

Fallopian tube cancer, also called tubal cancer, is a rare form of malignant tumor that develops in the fallopian tube. In another words, you have fallopian tube cancer when a group of cells in the fallopian tube grow uncoordinatedly with the normal tissue in the tube. Although begins in the fallopian tube, if left untreated, the cancer can spread into your lower abdomen (pelvis) and stomach areas; this condition is called fallopian tube cancer.   

The fallopian tubes are two narrow ducts that extend from the ovaries to the uterus, measuring 10 to 14 cm long and 3 to 8 millimeters in diameter. They are parts and play an important role in the female genital tract. At each ovulation, the ovary releases one egg; that egg is captured by the infundibulum of the fallopian tube to be then transported to the uterus by a group of hair-like structures (cilia) that form the tubal mucosa. If fertilization occurs, the embryo thus formed is propelled by the cilia in the uterine cavity.   

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