[1] Vaginal discharge in fallopian tube carcinoma results from intermittent hydrosalphinx, also known as hydrops tubae profluens.

As the tumor is often enmeshed with the adjacent ovary, it may be the pathologist and not the surgeon who determines that the lesion is indeed tubal in origin.

In advanced cases when the cancer has spread to other organs and cannot be completely removed, cytoreductive surgery is used to lessen the tumor burden for subsequent treatments.

[8][9] Radiation therapy has been applied with some success to patients with tubal cancer for palliative or curative indications.

[10] Five-year survival rate is around 65%, though may range from 30% to 92% depending on stage at diagnosis and the amount of tumor remaining after surgery.

[7] Demographic distribution is similar to that of ovarian cancer, and the highest incidence is found in white, non-Hispanic women aged 60–79.