Bilateral oophorectomy in asymptomatic women over 50 years old selected by ovarian cancer screening

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-64

  Hayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Yaginuma, Yuji ^a   Kitamura, Shinitsu ^a   Saitou, Yuji ^a   Miyamoto, Toshinobu ^a   Komori, Harumi ^a   Wada, Keiko ^a   Ishikawa, Mutsuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral oophorectomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Ovarian cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032937996     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010063     Document Type: Article

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