Factors Affecting Visualisation of Postmenopausal Ovaries - Descriptive Study from the Multicentre United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

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OBJECTIVE:
Transvaginal scanning is core to any ovarian cancer (OC) screening strategy. General population screening involves older postmenopausal women in whom ovarian visualisation is difficult due to decreasing ovarian size and lack of follicular activity. We report on factors affecting visualisation of postmenopausal ovaries in the multicentre United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)......