Preoperative differentiation of malignant from benign ovarian tumors: The efficacy of morphology indexing and Doppler flow sonography

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-50

  Ueland, F R ^a   DePriest, P D ^a   Pavlik, E J ^a   Kryscio, R J ^a   Van Nagell Jr , J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0141869085     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00414-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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