Clinical-sonographic scoring system in noninvasive diagnosis of endometrial cancer

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-204

  Mandic, Aljosa ^a   Vujkov, T ^b   Novakovic, P ^a   Nincic, D ^a   Mihajlovic, O ^a   Ivkovoc Kapic, T ^a  

^a Institute of Oncology Sremska Kamenica   (Yugoslavia)

^b Gynecologic Private Office Visnjevac   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometrial Cancer; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NULLIPARA; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 33751030475     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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