Gray-scale and color Doppler ultrasound characteristics of endometrial cancer in relation to stage, grade and tumor size

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 586-593

  Epstein, E ^a   Van Holsbeke, C ^b   Mascilini, F ^c   Masback A ^d   Kannisto, P ^d   Ameye, L ^e   Fischerova, D ^f   Zannoni, G ^c   Vellone, V ^c   Timmerman, D ^g   Testa, A C ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Endometrial cancer; Sonomorphology; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

AGED; BELGIUM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84855737004     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9038     Document Type: Article

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