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The search for meaning—Symptoms and transvaginal sonography screening for ovarian cancer
Author(s) -
Cass Ilana
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.24403
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , cohort , transvaginal sonography , cancer , meaning (existential) , gynecology , cohort study , transvaginal ultrasound , oncology , index (typography) , ultrasound , radiology , pregnancy , psychology , biology , psychotherapist , genetics , world wide web , computer science
The use of a symptoms index to screen for ovarian cancer did not significantly improve the earlier detection of ovarian cancer compared with transvaginal ultrasound in the study cohort described by Pavlik and colleagues. Despite limitations in the design of this study, further research to define an optimal symptoms index which can be incorporated into ovarian cancer screening programs is warranted.