Preoperative transvaginal ultrasonography and intraoperative gross examination for assessing myometrial invasion by endometrial cancer

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Berretta, Roberto ^a   Merisio, Carla ^a   Piantelli, Giovanni ^a   Rolla, Martino ^a   Giordano, Giovanna ^a   Melpignano, Mauro ^b   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Histologic grading; Intra operative gross examination; Myometrial invasion; Preoperative transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SURGERY; TUMORS;

HISTOLOGIC GRADING; INTRA-OPERATIVE GROSS EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 41149128394     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.3.349     Document Type: Article

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