title: Ultrasound and assessment of ovarian cancer risk.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the ultrasound characteristics of ovarian and adnexal masses and to discuss the prediction of the likelihood of ovarian cancer based on these characteristics and clinical parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasound characteristics can be used to diagnose the classic-appearing nonneoplastic entities, benign neoplasms and malignancies. In cases in which the appearance of an ovarian mass is not classic, assignment of relative risk of malignancy using a multiparametric model is appropriate and beneficial for patient management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390-8896, USA. diane.twickler@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Twickler
authors.forename: Elysia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moschos
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler