Pediatric risk of malignancy index for preoperative evaluation of childhood ovarian tumors

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-266

  Loh, Amos Hong Pheng ^a   Ong, Chiou Li ^a   Lam, Shu Lin ^a   Chua, Joyce Horng Yiing ^a   Chui, Chan Hon ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Ovarian tumor; Pediatric solid tumor; Risk of malignancy; Scoring index

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84863440490     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-011-3031-0     Document Type: Article

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