One size doesn't fit all, when using hormone therapy to treat endometriosis

(Yale University) Endometriosis -- a condition caused by uterine tissue growing outside of the organ -- affects 10 percent of reproductive-aged women, whom it causes chronic pain that is significant and debilitating. The standard first-line treatment for all women with endometriosis is hormonal, specifically progestin-based, therapy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news