«Our discovery of these mutations is a first step in developing a genetics - based system for
classifying endometriosis so that clinicians can sort out which
forms of the disorder may need more
aggressive treatment and which may not,» says Ie - Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D., the Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professor in the Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-director of the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.