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ArticlePLoS medicine2026

From pain to policy: Improving endometriosis awareness, diagnosis, and treatment.

Alexandra Tosun, PLOS Medicine Staff Editors

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Alexandra TosunPublic Library of Science, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-9607
PLOS Medicine Staff Editors

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite affecting 190 million women worldwide, endometriosis remains underdiagnosed, under-researched, and underfunded. Tackling awareness gaps, diagnostic delays, and inadequate treatment requires earlier education, increased funding, and recognition of endometriosis as a systemic disease-redefining pain, equity, and investment in women's health.

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EndometriosisHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PolicyFemaleHumansUndertreatmentWomen's Health

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PMID41770832
PMCPMC12952579

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