Ultrasound for ovarian cancer screening: Are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Bignardi, T ^a   Condous, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian cancer screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651442465     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320731     Document Type: Article

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