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The morphologic assessment of ovarian masses using gray scale, 2D/3D, and color Doppler sonography has been shown to be moderately (80–90 %) accurate in distinguishing benign from malignant ovarian masses. The desire to improve the accuracy of early detection of ovarian cancer using sonography has driven to investigate the clinical application of contrast-enhanced transvaginal sonography (CE-TVS). In this chapter will be reviewed the CE-TVS as well as our experience in this field.
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This study was supported by National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute, Grant r21 125 227–01
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Fleischer, A.C., Lyshchik, A., Fishman, D.A. (2013). Contrast-Enhanced Transvaginal Sonography of Ovarian Masses: Potential Role in Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer. In: Saba, L., Acharya, U., Guerriero, S., Suri, J. (eds) Ovarian Neoplasm Imaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8633-6_29
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