The role of transvaginal ultrasonography and serum CA 125 assay combined with age and hormonal state in the differential diagnosis of pelvic masses

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-210

  Mancuso, A ^a,b   De Vivo, A ^a   Triolo, O ^a   Irato, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; CA 125; Echography; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OC125; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 1442351954     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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