Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women. [1] Owing to the slow progression and initial vague symptoms of the disease, many cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when treatments ...

A study found that the difficulty of surgery and the degree of cancer spread in the abdominal cavity can be predicted only by ...

In a landmark study, investigators from Europe propose a new and simple method to assess the risk of malignancy of women with an adnexal mass. The method identified between 89-99 percent of patients ...

The vast majority of USS imaging for ovarian masses is performed with a real-time, grey-scale scanning device, formerly called the B-scanner. All real-time scanning devices rapidly move the ultrasound ...

Experts examining patterns in ultrasound images can more accurately classify ovarian tumors as benign or malignant than can pre-surgical blood tests, according to a new study. Experts examining ...

Three years ago, a 12-year-old girl walked into a clinic complaining of stomach aches, irregular periods that had been weird ...

Ovarian cancer is one of those diseases you probably assume you’re being screened for when you go to your well-woman exams, but that’s not really the case. Ovarian cancer screening, in fact, isn't ...

Allison Misconin was told that the ovarian cyst spotted early in her pregnancy was normal — but during her 20-week ultrasound, her doctor labeled the mass as "suspicious." She was told her next stop ...

An incidental finding of an ovarian cyst suggests that a patient has presented with little to no symptoms. Typically, ultrasound scans are requested in females for menstrual irregularities such as ...