- We are developing a diagnostic test that is both sensitive and reliable, yet minimally invasive. It's a diagnostic panel that takes advantage of the benefits of mass spectrometry and can be carried out from a blood sample, even in young girls who have not yet had intercourse. Its proper design requires a properly planned study on a sufficiently large group of patients, says Professor Piotr Laudanski of the Department of Obstetrics, Women's Diseases and Gynecology Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, WUM.
Endometriosis is one of the diseases that can be effectively and accurately diagnosed in its early stages. According to WHO data, this affliction affects 190 million women and girls worldwide, and in Poland up to one in ten Polish women of reproductive age. In many cases it leads to infertility, but above all it is a source of pain that is difficult to control. Due to its location - deep in the abdominal cavity - and the dependence of symptoms on the hormonal cycle, it often takes many years until a diagnosis is made, during which women suffer and their bodies undergo - sometimes irreversible - changes.
- We have already collected results from plasma analyses of a group of patients, but we plan to confirm the effectiveness of our ...
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