Archive for 2018
Nature Reviews Disease Primers has today published the first primer on endometriosis, providing a global and authoritative overview of research needs and current diagnosis and treatment. FREE read.
EU-funded consortium provides hope for women with endometriosis with chronic pain – €23 million funding secured.
The James Lind Alliance on Research Priorities in Endometriosis has published the top ten priorities for research into the treatment and effect of endometriosis on millions of women with the disease.
Development of low-invasive tests/biomarkers for endometriosis remains a high priority in improving the diagnosis, management, and prognosis (progression/regression) of endometriosis. To date there are no reliable / validated tests.
Hysterectomy does not guarantee a relief from endometriosis-related symptoms and can neither be classified as a “treatment”, nor as a “cure” for endometriosis; it may relieve co-existing adenomyosis.
“Endometriosis: the experts’ guide to treat, manage and live well with your symptoms” is an easy to read book, which covers most aspects of what endometriosis is, how it is diagnosed and treated – and how to live life despite persistent symptoms.
Schedule of events for endometriosis awareness in 2018. Please join and contribute to these events so that together we can spread information about endometriosis and its impact on women. Get involved and help make a difference!
Well-known physicians from around the world, who have a special interest in endometriosis, share their opinions about endometriosis and justify their proposed diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Cause and effect between endometriosis and cancer has not been established yet, and future studies must prove causality rather than mere association – here is what we presently know about cancer risk factors.