Research Progress of Relationship between Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Endometriosis

Endometriosis(EMs),which has growth ability,grows in areas outside uterine cavity.EMs has similar biologic behaviors to malignant tumor such as adhesion,invasion,angiogenesis and so on.The pathogenesis of the disease has not been very clear so far.Vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF),which can promote tumor neovascularization,plays an important role in the course of the occurrence of EMs.The article reviews the relationship between VEGF and EMs.