A comparative study of the risk of malignancy index and the ovarian crescent sign for the diagnosis of invasive ovarian cancer

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Yazbek, J ^a   Aslam, N ^a   Tailor, A ^a   Hillaby, K ^a   Raju, K S ^a   Jurkovic, D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CA125; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian crescent sign; Ovarian cysts; Ovarian tumors; Risk of malignancy index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748775446     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2842     Document Type: Article

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