Stacey A. Missmer

BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis and adenomyosis have an increased risk of age-dependent diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Whether this reflects differences in biological age is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the epig…

OBJECTIVE: Disordered eating behaviors may impact the gynecologic health of adolescents through effects on menstrual cycle function and body size; however, few studies have evaluated these associations. This study aimed to prospectively inv…

INTRODUCTION: There is increasing evidence that women who have experienced infertility are at greater risk for several chronic conditions. However, the mechanisms underlying these associations are not clear. Pathophysiology may be illuminat…

ABSTRACT: We explore bladder sensitivity profiles in females with chronic pelvic pain, using a non-invasive bladder sensitivity paradigm. We aim to determine how profiles differ between groups defined by symptoms; groups defined by diagnose…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common and burdensome symptom in women yet current clinical management frequently leaves many with persistent pain. The Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) project adopts a pain-focused strategy, aim…

Endometriosis is a highly prevalent and often painful gynecological condition that can emerge in adolescence and can be experienced throughout a person's lifetime. This cross-sectional investigation performed structural brain imaging and a …

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition requiring surgical or imaging visualization for definitive diagnosis. How endometriotic lesion characteristics relate to circulating inflammatory markers remains unclear. We evaluated 11 inf…

OBJECTIVE: To build consensus on most important symptoms and related consequences for use in questionnaires to characterise individuals with suspected and confirmed endometriosis in the general population. DESIGN: A questionnaire of 107 sy…

Importance: Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory disease defined by endometrial-like tissue (lesions) outside the uterine lining. It affects up to 10% of women worldwide, and 9 million women in the US, during reprodu…

Background Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is considered a human proxy for descending inhibitory pain pathways. However, there is wide variation in the CPM response described in the literature and ongoing debate about its utility. Methods…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, possibly through a detrimental impact on circulating biomarkers. However, there is a paucity of research on endometriosis and inflammation, lipids, and adipokines at …

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally. Non-malignant gynaecological diseases (NMGD) significantly affect patient health and well-being and may be associated with cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease …

Abstract Study question Is history of laparoscopically-confirmed endometriosis associated with worse cognitive function in middle-aged women? Summary answer History of laparoscopically-confirmed endometriosis is associated with lower cognit…

We evaluated inflammatory markers among 389 surgically confirmed endometriosis cases and 505 controls from the Women’s Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood (A2A) cohort. Participants reported dysmenorrhea, acyclic pelvic pain, dyspar…

STUDY QUESTION: What are the plasma metabolomics profiles associated with endometriosis in adolescents and young adults? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our findings show dysregulation of plasma metabolomic profiles in adolescents and young adults with end…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition characterised by pain and infertility. We conducted a prospective study to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying endometriosis development. METHODS: We examined …

ABSTRACT Background Endometriosis may manifest through various pain symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia, dysuria and abdominal pain. While retrospective evaluation of these pain symptoms is less expensive and time‐consumi…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects ∼10 % of women. A significant fraction of patients experience limited or no efficacy with current therapies. Tissue adjacent to endometriosis lesions often exhibits …