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Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Publications

2013

Ultrasound

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Transvaginal Ultrasonography In Ovarian Cancer Screening: Current Perspectives, John R. Van Nagell Jr., John T. Hoff Dec 2013

Transvaginal Ultrasonography In Ovarian Cancer Screening: Current Perspectives, John R. Van Nagell Jr., John T. Hoff

Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Publications

Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) is an integral part of all major ovarian cancer screening trials. TVS is accurate in detecting abnormalities in ovarian volume and morphology, but is less reliable in differentiating benign from malignant ovarian tumors. When used as the only screening test, TVS is sensitive, but has a low positive predictive value. Therefore, serum biomarkers and tumor morphology indexing are used together with TVS to identify ovarian tumors at high risk for malignancy. This allows preoperative triage of high-risk cases to major cancer centers for therapy while decreasing unnecessary surgery for benign disease. Ovarian cancer screening has been associated …