Transvaginal ultrasound assessment of myometrial and cervical stromal invasion in women with endometrial cancer: Interobserver reproducibility among ultrasound experts and gynecologists

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 476-482

  Eriksson, L S E ^a   Lindqvist, P G ^a   Floter Radestad A ^a   Dueholm, M ^b   Fischerova, D ^c   Franchi, D ^d   Jokubkiene, L ^e   Leone, F P ^f   Savelli, L ^g   Sladkevicius, P ^e   Testa, A C ^h   Van Den Bosch, T ⁱ   Ameye, L ⁱ   Epstein, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Endometrial neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Reproducibility of results; Ultrasonography; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 84926383409     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14645     Document Type: Article

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