BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dyspareunia is genital pain associated with sexual activity that affects the quality of life of many women. Physiotherapy is a promising, albeit sometimes uncomfortable, option. This study aims to integrate capacitiv…
PURPOSE: To combine different independent endometrial markers to classify the presence of endometriosis. METHODS: Endometrial biopsies were obtained from 109 women with endometriosis as well as 110 control women. Nine candidate biomarkers …
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide and is responsible for more than 89,000 deaths every year. Mortality is associated with presence of poor prognostic factors at diagnosis, i.e., diagnosis at an advan…
Endometriosis is characterized by the abnormal presence of endometrium outside of the uterus, resulting in pelvic pain and infertility. The leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) has been postulated to be a marke…
OBJECTIVE: To characterize leucine-rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5-positive (LGR5+) cells from the endometrium of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: University hospital/fertility…
About 30% of endometrial cancer (EC) patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease, which is associated with a drastic decrease in the 5-year survival rate. The identification of biomarkers in uterine aspirate samples, which ar…
Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female genital tract in developed countries. Although the majority of endometrial cancers are diagnosed at early stages and the 5-year overall survival is around 80%, early detection of th…
PURPOSE: The association between cervical cancer and uterine prolapse is rare and sparsely represented in literature, despite the high incidence of the latter. The suitable treatment in this clinical situation is not defined. The objective …