Benefits and limitations of ultrasonographic evaluation of uterine adnexal lesions in early detection of ovarian cancer

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-98

  Varras, M N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adnexa uteri; Cysts; Diagnostic accuracy; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian neoplasms; Pelvic masses; Screening test; Transvaginal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 3042545597     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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