Priority 17 from the Endometriosis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What is the natural history of endometriosis (e.g. how, and how quickly, does it progress and spread? (JLA PSP Priority 17)
Overall ranking 17
JLA question ID 0051/17
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 Why can it spread so far, to lungs ?  ~  If I don't have surgery, will my endometriosis get worse?  ~  Will it keep getting worse every time I have a relapse?  ~  Can endometriosis go into remission?  ~  Why in some women does it progress to stage 4 disease?
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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