Volumes of normal ovaries, ovaries with benign lesions, and ovaries with cancer in menopausal women: Is there an optimal cut-off value to predict malignancy?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Aviram, Rami ^a,b   Gassner, Gilad ^a   Markovitch, Ofer ^a,b   Cohen, Ilan ^a,b   Fishman, Ami ^a,b   Tepper, Ronnie ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benign ovarian lesions; Cancer; Normal volume menopause; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY DISEASE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349102716     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20416     Document Type: Article

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