Pitfalls in Imaging For Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is a relatively rare cancer, but it has a severe prognosis, mainly because it is often discovered at an advanced stage.1 Most ovarian cancers (95%) are epithelial and therefore appear to the radiologist as mixed cystic and solid masses. Among these epithelial cancers, 70% are high-grade serous cystadenocarcinomas.

Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - August 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Laure S. Fournier, Souhail Bennani, Anne Sophie Bats, Caroline Rousseau, Cherazade Bensaid, Fabrice Lecuru, Foucauld Chamming׳s Source Type: research