[Is ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer possible in 1998?]. / Le dépistage échographique du cancer de l'ovaire est-il possible en 1998?
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris)
; 27(5): 476-81, 1998 Sep.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9791573
ABSTRACT
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of gynecologic cancer death, as most patients present with advanced disease, in which the prognosis is poor. Five year-survival is only 35% for all stages, while it exceeds 90% in stage I. Consequently, there has been heightened interest in the development of screening modalities that can detect ovarian cancer at an early stage to reduce the mortality of this disease. Unfortunately, transvaginal sonography and color Doppler imaging still have a high false positive rate and low specificity increasing the number of surgical procedures, even among women with a strong family history of ovarian cancer. Psychological impact and economical cost has also to be discussed when considering such programs.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Ovarianas
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Programas de Rastreamento
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article