Preoperative local staging of endometrial cancer: Transvaginal sonography vs. magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-566

  Savelli, L ^a   Ceccarini, M ^a   Ludovisi, M ^d   Fruscella, E ^d   DE Iaco, P A ^a   Salizzoni, E ^b   Mabrouk, M ^a   Manfredi, R ^c   Testa, A C ^d   Ferrandina, G ^d,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Endometrial cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Staging; Transvaginal sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51949102428     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5295     Document Type: Article

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