Investigating women with suspected ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-264

  Spencer, John A ^a   Forstner, Rosemarie ^b   Hricak, Hedvig ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38649083131     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.10.007     Document Type: Editorial

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