Endometriosis After Menopause

Endometriosis After Menopause By Ayse Ayhan

Endometriosis, traditionally considered a disease of reproductive-age women, expected to regress after menopause. However, a growing body of evidence challenges this assumption, showing that the disease can persist—or even arise de novo—in peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women. In a narrative review…

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New Model Can Help Understand How Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer Develops

New Model Can Help Understand How Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer Develops By Özge Özkaya

Researchers from Japan and the US developed a new mouse model in collaboration, that can be useful to better understand how endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer develops. This new model can help to assess new treatment options for both diseases. The team…

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New Approach could help Preoperative Differentiation of Endometriosis and Cancer

New Approach could help Preoperative Differentiation of Endometriosis and Cancer By Özge Özkaya

Researchers in Japan identified some radiological parameters that could be used to differentiate between endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) and a particular type of benign ovarian endometriosis (OE), making it easier for doctors to offer the right treatment to women who…

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