Ultrasound and assessment of ovarian cancer risk

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Twickler, Diane M ^a,b   Moschos, Elysia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Ovarian cancer; Ovary; Risk prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 76149099870     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3562     Document Type: Review

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