ANAHEIM, Calif. — Laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis was associated with increased levels of 15 plasma proteins, data presented here showed.
“Endometriosis patients suffer on average 7 years of delay from symptom onset to diagnosis, and therefore discovery of noninvasive biomarkers that will identify women at greater risk for endometriosis has high potential to allow timely interventions and have significant positive impact on clinical outcomes of endometriosis,” Naoko Sasamoto, MD, PhD, an instructor in the department of OB/GYN at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,