Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue resembling the uterine lining grows elsewhere in the pelvis, often causing pain, infertility, and inflammation. For decades, textbooks and research papers have described …
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a well-established etiological agent for cervical cancer, yet its contribution to endometrial malignancies remains underrecognized and mechanistically distinct. This paper synthesizes current evidence to explain the …
(Abstracted from Contraception 2025:150:111016, doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111016) Adenomyosis occurs when ectopic endometrial glands invade the myometrium and can cause symptoms such as an enlarged uterus, heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, infertility, and …
Endometriosis (EM) is a persistent, chronic inflammatory condition associated with excruciating pelvic pain and infertility. The absence of a pre-clinical model that reliably replicates the clinical and functional hallmarks of …
In this opinion, we propose that compromised microvascular perfusion and inflammation are fundamental drivers of chronic pain syndromes, with many of these conditions sharing a common etiology involving suboptimal blood …
Abnormal expression levels of microRNAs are associated with numerous diseases in the female reproductive tract. A small subset of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) genes have retained open reading frames (ORFs) …
Endometriosis is a common chronic condition associated with debilitating pain and fatigue. Wearable technology has the potential to improve symptom monitoring in endometriosis where symptom severity has been traditionally evaluated …
Endometriomas are a common manifestation of endometriosis in women of reproductive age and pose a clinical challenge due to their association with pain, infertility, and compromised ovarian reserve. Surgical removal …
The management of infertility in women with bowel endometriosis remains a significant clinical challenge. The two primary therapeutic approaches include first-line medically assisted reproduction (MAR) and primary bowel surgery, with …
Scar endometriosis is a rare manifestation of extrapelvic endometriosis, characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue within a cesarean section scar. It typically manifests as cyclical pain and swelling at …