Effect of quality of gynaecological ultrasonography on management of patients with suspected ovarian cancer: a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-131

  Yazbek, Joseph ^a   Raju, Shanti K ^b   Ben Nagi, Jara ^a   Holland, Tom K ^a   Hillaby, Kathryn ^a   Jurkovic, Davor ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 38549143279     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70005-6     Document Type: Article

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