Early clinical detection of ovarian cancer: A review of the evidence

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1052

  Smith, Lloyd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early clinical detection; Ovarian cancer symptoms

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOATING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALAISE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VISCERA; AGE; CANCER STAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TIME; VAGINA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE FACTORS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 33746434569     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.6.7.1045     Document Type: Review

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