An ultrasound algorithm for identification of endometrial cancer

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 557-568

  Dueholm, M ^a   Moller C ^a   Rydbjerg, S ^a   Hansen, E S ^a   Ortoft G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

color Doppler; endometrial neoplasms; observer variation; postmenopause; REC scoring system; ultrasonography; uterine hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER STAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84899839430     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13205     Document Type: Article

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