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Endo-SOFT: study protocol for a national multicentre randomised controlled trial - first-line surgery versus first-line assisted reproductive technologies in patients with advanced endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory and oestrogen-dependent disease frequently causing infertility. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are often required to achieve pregnancy, especially in women with advanced endometriosis. To date, there …

Coexistence of Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratomas and Endometriosis: An Update.

Mature cystic teratomas (MCTs) and endometriosis are the most common benign diseases in women of reproductive age. Their coexistence was traditionally considered rare. However, recent evidence suggests otherwise. This study …

Endometriosis as a comorbidity in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: comment on the article by Nguyen et al.

Right inguinal canal endometriosis mimicking a groin mass: a rare case report of round-ligament involvement.

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent disorder affecting over 10% of women, but extrapelvic involvement - particularly within the inguinal canal and round ligament - is rare and often mimics common …

Global epidemiology of ovarian cancer: patterns, trends, and risk factors.

Ovarian cancer was the eighth most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in 2022. The global age-standardized incidence rate of ovarian cancer decreased from 7.22/100,000 to 6.71/100,000 from 1990 to 2021. …

Serum neurofilament light chain in fibromyalgia: comparative evidence of neuronal injury across chronic pain conditions.

Evidence increasingly shows small nerve fibre pathology in subsets of people with fibromyalgia through skin biopsy, corneal confocal microscopy, and microneurography. However, blood-based biomarkers of ongoing neuronal damage, particularly neurofilament …

Endometrial epithelial cells with high ALDH activity control uterine development and regeneration.

Adult stem cells are thought to drive the regenerative potential of the endometrium and contribute to the pathogenesis of endometriosis, however, their identity and defining features remain to be characterized. …

Application of high-intensity focused ultrasound in gynaecological diseases.

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a noninvasive treatment method, has attracted increasing attention in recent years for the management of gynaecological diseases. This review summarizes current literature on the application of …

Understanding women's decisions to seek an endometriosis diagnosis: A Health Belief Model approach.

Early diagnosis of endometriosis is crucial, yet limited literature exists on factors influencing women's decisions to seek diagnosis. This study explores the role of symptoms, health beliefs, and social influences …

A heterogeneous graph neural network for candidate gene prediction in endometriosis.

Precision medicine applications depend on elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms of disease. However, many disorders, such as endometriosis, remain poorly characterised genetically due to data scarcity, positive-unlabelled (PU) imbalance, and …