Priority 4 from the Endometriosis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Is it possible to develop a non-invasive screening tool to aid the diagnosis of endometriosis? (JLA PSP Priority 4)
Overall ranking	4
JLA question ID	0051/4
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	No details yet available of evidence considered by this PSP
Health Research Classification System category	Reproductive health and childbirth

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Can there be another way to diagnose endometriosis without invasive surgery which in itself can cause complications? ~ Set of guidelines to diagnose based on non invasive investigation ? ~ Can a blood test be used to diagnose Endometriosis ~ Are there any biological markers of endometriosis that would allow it to be diagnosed without a surgical procedure? ~ Why does the inflammatory response produced by endometriosis not show up in CBC blood tests?
Submitted by	See spreadsheet of data on the JLA website for details of types of people who submitted questions

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

Can there be another way to diagnose endometriosis without invasive surgery which in itself can cause complications? ~ Set of guidelines to diagnose based on non invasive investigation ? ~ Can a blood test be used to diagnose Endometriosis ~ Are there any biological markers of endometriosis that would allow it to be diagnosed without a surgical procedure? ~ Why does the inflammatory response produced by endometriosis not show up in CBC blood tests?

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PSP information
PSP unique ID	0051
PSP name	Endometriosis
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	72 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	25 April 2017