Prospective multicenter study on ca 125 in postmenopausal pelvic masses

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 117-123

  Maggino, T ^a   Gadducci, A ^b   D'Addario V ^c   Pecorelli, S ^d   Lissoni, A ^e   Stella, M ^c   Romagnolo, C ^a   Federghini, M ^b   Zucca, S ^d   Trio, D ^e   Trovo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027935427     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1994.1179     Document Type: Article

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