Is transvaginal elastography useful in pre-operative diagnosis of cervical cancer?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Sun, Li Tao ^a   Ning, Chun Ping ^b   Liu, Yu Jie ^a   Wang, Zhen Zhen ^a   Wang, Ling Di ^a   Kong, Xian Chao ^a   Tian, Jia Wei ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinomas; Stain ratio; Transvaginal elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOSARCOMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; TRANSVAGINAL ELASTOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864466689     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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