Three-dimensional ultrasound for assessing women with gynecological cancer: A systematic review

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-346

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cervix; Endometrium; Ovary; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; BLEEDING; CANCER INFILTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 79951578968     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.10.023     Document Type: Review

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