8 things you need to know about removing your Ovaries to prevent cancer

3. As Jolie points out, an alternative to her surgery is to have only your Fallopian tubes removed, leaving your ovaries intact. This makes it possible for a woman to still get pregnant or have her eggs harvested (you can’t do that if your ovaries are removed). However, Waggoner points out that this method is still being tested. It looks promising so far, but doctors don’t have incontrovertible proof that it prevents death by cancer, yet.