TY - JOUR T1 - Which ovarian masses need intervention? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 149 LP - 157 VL - 74 IS - 2 AU - William C. McBee, Jr AU - Pedro F. Escobar AU - Tommaso Falcone Y1 - 2007/02/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/2/149.abstract N2 - 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. ER -