Another barrier to diagnosis, Dr. Liu explains, is that an official diagnosis of endometriosis requires a biopsy done under surgery so pathologists can look at the tissue under a microscope.

After several tests and a biopsy, the physician revealed the unexpected. Almost on cue, my mother burst into tears. Neither of us had heard of endometrial cancer, nor did we know anyone personally ...

The proteomic blood test could be a non-invasive tool used to improve detection of the condition, which currently takes an average of 7.5 years to diagnose.

She, like one in 10 women, lives with endometriosis - a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows elsewhere inside the body. It can be incredibly painful, and can take years ...

Endometriosis affects 11% of American women ... Another way doctors check is by doing a biopsy.

An abdominal laparoscopy and biopsy is the current standard procedure to diagnose ... with studies showing women receiving fertility treatment are three times as likely to have endometriosis as their ...