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Beyond pain management: Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care.

Far more complex than merely a single system disorder, endometriosis requires a nuanced, patient-centered approach grounded in multidisciplinary care. Nurses play a vital role in this framework, working collaboratively with …

CHRONIC OVERLAPPING PAIN CONDITIONS IN REFRACTORY UROLOGIC CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME (UCPPS):COMORBIDITY PATTERNS, ILLNESS BURDEN, AND TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS.

To examine Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPC) prevalence in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS) patients and assess the independent contributions of specific COPCs and pairwise COPC combinations to severity …

Methodological Pitfalls in Endometriosis Biospecimen Research: Lessons From MAP4K4 Expression Studies.

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 10% of reproductive-age women. Current treatments remain limited and non-curative. While its biology is largely informed by human biospecimens, sample heterogeneity and methodological …

Early life trauma and endometriosis: A case-control study on type and timing of adverse experiences.

Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammatory gynaecological condition characterised by the abnormal presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Different risk factors for endometriosis have been proposed, with some research …

Neuroimmune fitness in endometriosis: decoding the adaptive neural circuits that sustain lesion persistence, fibrosis, and chronic pain.

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by substantial heterogeneity in pain, lesion behavior, and treatment response. Although hormonal and surgical therapies can reduce disease activity and symptoms, their effects …

Endometriosis from Initiation to Innovation: Immune Microenvironments, Clonal Lesion Biology, and the Emerging Therapeutic Pipeline.

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease that, despite its benign histology, displays several cancer-relevant features, including clonal expansion, somatic alteration-associated lesion evolution, tissue invasion, apoptosis resistance, immune evasion, angiogenesis, …

"Surgical Treatment Experience of Intestinal Endometriosis".

Lifestyle factors and symptom burden in endometriosis: an exploratory mixed-methods analysis of nutrition, physical activity, and psychosocial well-being.

Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women worldwide, with symptom burden significantly impacting quality of life. While current treatment guidelines focus primarily on hormonal and surgical interventions, the role of …

Self-Reported Experiences of Women Taking Hormonal Treatments for Their Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids Symptoms: Results from a Real-World Study in the US (MyEndoUF).

To characterize the experiences of individuals taking hormonal therapies to manage their symptoms of endometriosis (EM) or uterine fibroids (UF).

Curcumin Alleviates Endometriosis in Sexually Mature Female Mice by Targeting PKA and Inhibiting De Novo Estrogen Synthesis.

Background: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder with limited treatment options. The precise molecular targets of curcumin and its effects on local estrogen synthesis in this disease remain unclear. Methods: We …