What does TVUS stand for?

Transvaginal Ultrasound

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Currently, only two significant early detection tests for ovarian cancer exist: CA 125 tests and transvaginal ultrasounds.

Psst, pass it on: Listen to the whispers from ovarian cancer

Transvaginal ultrasound scanning has been used, with some success, to identify ovarian cancer.

What Does Ovarian Cancer Look like on An Ultrasound

The need for screening is obvious, and annual transvaginal ultrasounds and serum CA 125 testing have been a tempting approach.

Women's health update

A transvaginal ultrasound and the CA 125 assay may pick up the disease sometimes, but can miss it in patients who already have cancer.

Shaking off the shadow of ovarian cancer

15) A transvaginal ultrasound is particularly helpful in delineating the position and size of fibroids, endometrial thickness, and occasionally, the presence of endometrial polyps.

Abnormal uterine bleeding

For ovarian cancer, surveillance methods may include transvaginal ultrasound, CA-125 blood testing, MRI [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] and clinical exams.

Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

In a retrospective study, researchers from the Birmingham Women's Hospital in the United Kingdom wanted to assess the efficacy of serum CA-125 and transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) scan as tools for early detection of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer continues to defy early detection

Now I am left wondering what I should do with this information, There are preventative measures I can take: mammograms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and ultrasound to detect breast cancer; and transvaginal ultrasound and a CA125 blood test to detect ovarian cancer.

Carrying the 'breast cancer gene': now what?