%0 Journal Article %A William C. McBee, Jr %A Pedro F. Escobar %A Tommaso Falcone %T Which ovarian masses need intervention? %D 2007 %J Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine %P 149-157 %V 74 %N 2 %X Ovarian cancer is deadly if not detected early, but it is only one of many causes of pelvic masses, which are common. The physician’s job is to determine if a mass is likely to be malignant and needing surgical evaluation. The best predictors of malignancy are a combination of factors that include the patient’s age, family history, menopausal status, symptoms, findings on physical examination and imaging studies, and blood level of the cancer biomarker CA125. %U https://www.ccjm.org/content/ccjom/74/2/149.full.pdf