Diagnosis of endometriosis

RZ Spaczynski, AJ Duleba - Seminars in reproductive medicine, 2003 - thieme-connect.com
Endometriosis is a common disorder of women of reproductive age, yet diagnosis of this
condition is often problematic. The most frequent clinical presentations of endometriosis …

Early detection of ovarian cancer

PM Das, RC Bast Jr - Biomarkers in medicine, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Ovarian cancer is associated with an overall mortality of 75%, but can be cured in up to 90%
of cases if diagnosed while still limited to the ovaries. Given the low prevalence of ovarian …

Three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound improves the diagnostic accuracy for ovarian cancer prediction

LS Cohen, PF Escobar, C Scharm, B Glimco… - Gynecologic …, 2001 - Elsevier
Objective. The goal of this study was to determine if three-dimensional power Doppler
ultrasound improves the specificity for ovarian cancer detection as compared with two …

The role of ultrasound evaluation in the detection of early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer

DA Fishman, L Cohen, SV Blank, L Shulman… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Epithelial ovarian cancer kills more women than all other gynecologic
malignancies combined because of our inability to detect early-stage disease …

Risk of malignancy index in the preoperative evaluation of pelvic masses

BR Obeidat, ZO Amarin, JA Latimer… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objectives: To assess the ability of a risk malignancy index (RMI) based on serum levels of
CA 125, ultrasound findings, and menopausal status to discriminate between benign and …

Toward understanding the natural history of ovarian carcinoma development: a clinicopathological approach

A Horiuchi, K Itoh, M Shimizu, I Nakai, T Yamazaki… - Gynecologic …, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The natural history of the development of ovarian carcinoma is not known. It
also remains undetermined whether ovarian carcinomas develop from benign and/or …

Three-dimensional ultrasound for assessing women with gynecological cancer: a systematic review

JL Alcázar, M Jurado - Gynecologic oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
GOALS: Three-dimensional ultrasound (3D-US) is a new imaging technique that has
become available in clinical practice. It is being increasingly used in women with …

Outcome of surveillance and prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in asymptomatic women at high risk for ovarian cancer

PAM Meeuwissen, C Seynaeve, CTM Brekelmans… - Gynecologic …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Women at high risk of ovarian cancer are currently offered two options: either
surveillance or prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The efficacy and outcome of …

[PDF][PDF] Three‐dimensional ultrasound in gynecology: a critical evaluation

D Jurkovic - Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002 - poliklinika-harni.hr
Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging has been commercially available for almost 10
years. Although this technique is no longer a novelty, debate continues about its potential …

Preoperative evaluation of pelvic tumors by Doppler and three‐dimensional sonography.

A Kurjak, S Kupesic, V Sparac… - Journal of ultrasound in …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
To study a spectrum of systems (two‐dimensional transvaginal, transvaginal color Doppler,
three‐dimensional, three‐dimensional power Doppler, and contrast‐enhanced three …