Anna-Sofia Melin

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory and estrogen-dependent disease affecting about 10 % of the female  population in fertile ages. There is no cure for endometriosis. The main symptoms include severe menstrual pain, ovulation pain, dys…

OBJECTIVE: Whether hormonal or surgical treatment of endometriosis is associated with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. DESIGN: Nested case-control study. SETTING: Sweden. POPULATION: All women with a first-time discharge diagnosis of endo…