Validity of sonographic screening for the detection of abdominal cancers

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 408-415

  Mizuma, Yoshihiro ^a,c   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^b   Ozasa, Kotaro ^b   Hayashi, Kyohei ^b   Kawai, Keiichi ^b  

^a YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kobe Adventist Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Cancer; Cancer registry; Screening; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036723839     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10089     Document Type: Article

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