Assessment of myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer by transvaginal sonography, doppler ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and frozen section

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1085-1090

  Özdemir, Suna ^a,b   Çelik, Çetin ^a   Emlik, Dilek ^a   Kiresi, Demet ^a   Esen, Hasan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Meram TNp Fak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Endometrial cancer; Frozen section; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGINAL DISC; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VAGINA;

EID: 70349246456     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181ad3eb6     Document Type: Article

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