Increasing the effectiveness of referral of ovarian masses from cancer unit to cancer center by using a higher referral value of the risk of malignancy index

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 552-554

  Raza, Amer ^d   Mould, Tim ^a   Wilson, Meg ^b   Burnell, Mike ^c   Bernhardt, Les ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Barnet General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ovarian cancer; Referral; Risk of malignancy index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ALGORITHMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952272544     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181b8289b     Document Type: Article

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