BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a polygenic disease with a complex and multifactorial
aetiology that affects 8–10% of women of reproductive age. Epidemiological data support a …

Background Endometriosis is a common, chronic disease among fertile-aged women.
Disease course may be highly invasive, requiring extensive surgery. The etiology of …

Endometriosis is a complex gynecological disorder, affecting up to 10% of women of
childbearing age, characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissue at ectopic …

BACKGROUND Angiogenesis appears to be an important event in the pathophysiology of
endometriosis (EM) and adenomyosis. Two angiogenic factors, fibroblast growth factor …

Objective (s) This study aims to identify a critical molecule that potentially participates in
endometriosis pathogenesis and characterize its correlation with dysmenorrhea and …

Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in developed
countries. To identify genetic variants associated with endometrial cancer risk, we performed …

Objective Several genetic variants have been validated as risk factors for ovarian cancer.
Endometriosis has also been described as a risk factor for ovarian cancer. Identifying …

Genome‐wide association studies have identified several novel risk alleles for breast
cancer. We hypothesized that genetic variants that are associated with breast cancer, a …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the genes that may be associated with
malignant transformation of ovarian endometrioma. Methods Endometriotic epithelial cells …

We examined the association between HNF1B variants identified in a recent genome-wide
association study and endometrial cancer in two large case-control studies nested in …