Accuracy of Transvaginal Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Myometrial Invasion in Endometrial Carcinoma

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Ruangvutilert, Pornpimol ^a   Sutantawibul, Anuwat ^a   Sunsaneevithayakul, Prasert ^a   Boriboonhirunsarn, Dittakarn ^a   Chuenchom, Thinnakorn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Endometrial Carcinoma; Myometrial Invasion; Transvaginal Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOMETRIUM; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA;

CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 1542348644     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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