Assessing the malignant potential of ovarian inclusion cysts in postmenopausal women within the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): A prospective cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-219

  Sharma, A ^a   Gentry Maharaj, A ^a   Burnell, M ^a   Fourkala, E O ^a   Campbell, S ^b   Amso, N ^c   Seif, M W ^d   Ryan, A ^a   Parmar, M ^e   Jacobs, I ^a   Menon, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Create Health Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion cysts; ovarian cancer; postmenopausal women; UKCTOCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INVASIVE EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN INCLUSION CYST; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83655201449     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03038.x     Document Type: Article

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