The ovarian tumor index predicts risk for malignancy

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2280-2290

  Twickler, Diane M ^a   Forte, Thalia B ^a   Santos Ramos, Rigoberto ^a   McIntire, Donald ^a   Harris, Patsy ^a   Miller, David Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color flow mapping; Doppler; Ovarian neoplasm; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VAGINA;

EID: 0033430226     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991201)86:11<2280::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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