Tolerability of transvaginal ultrasonography as an ovarian cancer screening test

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-47

  Kew, F M ^a,b   Ashton, V J ^c   Cruickshank, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVARY CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1642329789     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914104772950754     Document Type: Article

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