Abstract Background To develop a risk stratification model for malignant progression in endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC), while determining the prevalence of atypical endometriosis (AE) and characterizing its clinical, imagi…
Background: Women with endometriosis frequently experience mobility limitations that affect daily functioning. A specific tool to assess these restrictions would help clinicians to better understand patients' functional challenges, facilita…
INTRODUCTION: and Hypothesis: Endometriosis often causes pelvic pain, limiting movement and physical function. Performance-based tests are fundamental to measure functional status among these women. This study aimed to evaluate the reliabil…
Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease with heterogeneous clinical manifestations and uncertain systemic immune involvement. This study aimed to characterize peripheral immune profiles and circulating tumor mark…
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by the abnormal growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, affecting 10-15% of women of reproductive age. Pain is the most common symptom. Treatment options i…
OBJECTIVE: Bladder endometriosis is the presence of stroma and endometrial glands in the thickness of the detrusor muscle. The main symptoms it produces are dysuria and hematuria whose intensity is directly proportional to the size of the n…
OBJECTIVE: To propose a standardized protocol for peritoneal free fluid and leukocyte sample collection in women with endometriosis suitable for biomedical research on the basis of the surgical procedure, the clinical and technical conditio…
BACKGROUND: In the present study, we aim to report on the sexual function of women experiencing symptoms of endometriosis, analysing the clinical and psychosocial factors that may be associated. METHODS: A multicentre cross-sectional study …
Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease with pathophysiological factors not yet well known; it also presents a wide symptomatic range that makes us think about the need for multidisciplinary management. It is a chronic disease in which th…
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disorder, defined as the growth of endometrial stromal cells and glands at extrauterine sites. Endometriotic lesions are more frequently located into the abdominal cavity, although they c…
OBJECTIVE: Patients with endometriosis are at increased risk of ovarian cancer. It has been suggested that atypical endometriosis is a precursor lesion of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC). The aim of this study is to evaluate …