TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology and screening of ovarian cancer
AU - Tortolero-Luna, G.
AU - Mitchell, M. F.
AU - Rhodes-Morris, H. E.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Ovarian cancer is the second most common neoplasm of the female reproductive system and the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the United States. The overall 5-year survival rate continues to be low. Risk factors associated with ovarian cancer are age, race, nulliparity, infertility, history of endometrial or breast cancer, and family history of ovarian cancer. The diagnosis of ovarian cancer could benefit from screening. Screening methods for ovarian cancer include pelvic examination, abdominal and transvaginal sonography, color flow Doppler, and serum CA-125 levels. Sonography and CA-125 are the most promising and most extensively studied.
AB - Ovarian cancer is the second most common neoplasm of the female reproductive system and the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the United States. The overall 5-year survival rate continues to be low. Risk factors associated with ovarian cancer are age, race, nulliparity, infertility, history of endometrial or breast cancer, and family history of ovarian cancer. The diagnosis of ovarian cancer could benefit from screening. Screening methods for ovarian cancer include pelvic examination, abdominal and transvaginal sonography, color flow Doppler, and serum CA-125 levels. Sonography and CA-125 are the most promising and most extensively studied.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 8015758
AN - SCOPUS:0028214435
SN - 0889-8545
VL - 21
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
JF - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -