“I’m looking through you”: What consumers and manufacturers need to know about non-invasive diagnostic tests for endometriosis

Paola Viganò, Paolo Vercellini, Edgardo Somigliana, Charles Chapron, Felice Petraglia, Linda G. Griffith, Michael D. Mueller, Dan C. Martin, Annemiek Nap, Andrea Romano, Fernando M. Reis, Francisco Carmona, Katherine A. Burns, Hugh S. Taylor, Piétro Santulli, Michel Canis, Philippe R. Koninckx, Sun‐Wei Guo
In: Journal of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders · 2023 · vol. 2 , pp. 100031 · doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2023.100031 · W4380087970
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This paper discusses the upcoming rise of non-invasive endometriosis diagnostics for screening, warning of potential overdiagnosis and overtreatment in asymptomatic individuals.

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Consequences of the shift from the use of non-invasive testing for diagnosis to screening purposes • As the high-throughput screening and sequencing become increasingly faster and affordable, that there will be a swell of commercial non-invasive diagnostic tests for endometriosis in the coming years to fill the void. • Overdiagnosis is common when introducing a novel diagnostic test and overdiagnosis leads to overtreatment that provides, by definition, no benefit at all but that can cause harm and incur expenses. • The shift from the use of non-invasive testing for diagnostic purposes (i.e.use in symptomatic women) to screening purposes (i.e., use in asymptomatic women) is very likely. • In presence of pain symptoms, endometriosis must be promptly suspected and clinically diagnosed regardless of imaging findings and non-invasive diagnostic testing.

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