Ovarian cancer screening with annual transvaginal sonography

John R. van Nagell, Paul D. DePriest, Frederick R. Ueland, Christopher P. DeSimone, Amy Cooper, John McDonald, Edward J. Pavlik, Richard J. Kryscio

Cancer · 2007 · 219 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

TVS screening, when it was performed annually, was associated with a decrease in disease stage at detection and with case-specific ovarian cancer mortality, but it was not effective in detecting ovarian cancers in women who had normal ovarian volume.

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