title: Bilateral oophorectomy in asymptomatic women over 50 years old selected by ovarian cancer screening.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate bilateral oophorectomy in women over 50 years old found to have an adnexal mass using transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) as a mass screening. With TVS a total of 23,451 women without symptoms were examined for ovarian cancer at annual screening for uterine cervical cancer. Two hundred fifty-eight women over 50 years old persistently had abnormal TVS results and 95 women gave informed consent for surgical tumor removal. In the 95 women operated, 7 malignant ovarian cancers were found. Especially adnexal masses which were thought to be benign were treated by laparoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. profishi@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yaginuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saitou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen