Stage 1 ovarian cancer has three substages.
Early stage ovarian cancer color normal ovary doppler ultrasound.
Although normal ovarian findings and ultrasound technique is more thoroughly discussed in chapter 26 a few observations unique to the ovary bear additional mention here fig.
These data show the ability of transvaginal color doppler sonography to detect ovarian cancer as early as stage i even in asymptomatic women as well as in the morphologically normal ovary.
Stage 1a the cancer is limited or localized to one ovary.
The cancer is in both ovaries.
The early detection of ovarian carcinoma continues to be a formidable challenge and an elusive task.
30 1 ovarian follicles typically achieve a size of 2 to 3 cm before ovulation.
A small sample is sent to a laboratory where a pathologist examines it under a microscope.
For ovarian cancer that usually means surgical removal of the mass and one or both ovaries.
There are also cancer cells on the.
Normal and inconsequential findings.