Pelvic examination, tumor marker level, and gray-scale and Doppler sonography in the prediction of pelvic cancer

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-500

  Roman, Lynda D ^a,b   Muderspach, Laila I ^a   Stein, Sharon M ^a   Laifer Narin, Sherelle ^a   Groshen, Susan ^a   Morrow, C Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PELVIS CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031127075     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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