The Role of 3D Ultrasound and 3D Power Doppler Imaging in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Ovarian Cancer: New Perspectives

Ovarian cancer is in frequency the third cancer of female genital tract, after those of uterus and cervix. However, its mortality is greater, and this is basically due to the difficulty in its early diagnosis, because it does not usually show symptoms until advanced stages and risk factors to develop it are unknown. A 3000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed a year, and practically 80 % of women are diagnosed in advance stages (III or IV), with a resultant overall five-year survival rate of approximately 20%.1 The current diagnostic orientation of ovarian cancer is essential, not only for the repercussion the moment of the diagnosis has in the survival rates, but for the necessity of a correct planning in clinical conduct, referring the patient to specialized centers, and the necessity of a correct planning of a ruled radical surgery of ovarian cancer (surgical times, surgeon