Tumor angiogenesis assessed by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in early, advanced and metastatic ovarian cancer: A preliminary study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-329

  Alcazar J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Ovarian cancer; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33748793103     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3804     Document Type: Article

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