Transvaginal/transrectal ultrasound for assessing myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer: A comparison of six different approaches

Journal of Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-207

  Alcazar, Juan Luis ^a   Pineda, Laura ^a   Corral, Txanton Martinez Astorquiza ^b   Orozco, Rodrigo ^c   Utrilla Layna, Jesús ^a   Juez, Leire ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrial neoplasms; Myometrium; Neoplasm invasion; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYOMETRIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84937415442     PISSN: 20050380     EISSN: 20050399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2015.26.3.201     Document Type: Article

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