RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Which ovarian masses need intervention?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 149
OP 157
VO 74
IS 2
A1 William C. McBee, Jr
A1 Pedro F. Escobar
A1 Tommaso Falcone
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/2/149.abstract
AB 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.