Lisanne Verhoef

STUDY QUESTION: Does incisional endometriosis (IE) harbor somatic cancer-driver mutations? SUMMARY ANSWER: We found that approximately one-quarter of IE cases harbor somatic-cancer mutations, which commonly affect components of the MAPK/RAS…

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease and precursor of clear cell and endometrioid ovarian carcinomas. We recently demonstrated that one form of endometriosis with little malignant potential, deep infiltrating endometriosis (DE), …