About this Research Topic
Women’s health is an area of rapidly emerging interest for clinicians, researchers, and industry. Diseases affecting women range from reproductive to gynaecological disorders and specific cancers including breast and gynaecological cancers (e.g. ovarian, cervical, and endometrial cancers). While a number of these disorders can occur in women only, men can also be affected by others such as breast cancer. Therefore, there is a clinical need for new technologies targeted at managing women-specific disorders. In order to inform the development of new technologies, the mechanisms regulating physiology of women’s health and pathogenesis of women-related diseases need to be understood better.
This Research Topic will focus on the development of diagnostic tools for reproductive and gynaecological women-specific disorders, as well as research outcomes providing evidence that can inform future development of therapies for women’s health. Reports on research outcomes providing evidence that can inform future development of these technologies are also welcome.
Specifically, we would like to address the following problems:
• To provide better understanding and knowledge of the pathophysiology of diseases affecting women
• To update on current developments in health technologies that could be harnessed for improved management of women’s health
• To comprehend how the knowledge and technologies could be applied in the future for improving the diagnosis and treatment of women’s health disorders.
• To inform future direction in research for poorly managed conditions related to women
In this Research Topic, we will encourage the submission of Original Research, Reviews, Methods, Perspective articles focusing on but not limited to the following themes:
• Pregnancy or menopause-related disorders or comorbidities (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, preeclampsia, heart disease, placental disorders, kidney disease)
• Reproductive disorders (e.g. infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis)
• Breast or gynaecological cancers
• Physiological regulation of breastfeeding and breastfeeding disorders
This Research Topic will focus on the development of diagnostic tools for reproductive and gynaecological women-specific disorders, as well as research outcomes providing evidence that can inform future development of therapies for women’s health. Reports on research outcomes providing evidence that can inform future development of these technologies are also welcome.
Specifically, we would like to address the following problems:
• To provide better understanding and knowledge of the pathophysiology of diseases affecting women
• To update on current developments in health technologies that could be harnessed for improved management of women’s health
• To comprehend how the knowledge and technologies could be applied in the future for improving the diagnosis and treatment of women’s health disorders.
• To inform future direction in research for poorly managed conditions related to women
In this Research Topic, we will encourage the submission of Original Research, Reviews, Methods, Perspective articles focusing on but not limited to the following themes:
• Pregnancy or menopause-related disorders or comorbidities (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, preeclampsia, heart disease, placental disorders, kidney disease)
• Reproductive disorders (e.g. infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis)
• Breast or gynaecological cancers
• Physiological regulation of breastfeeding and breastfeeding disorders
Keywords: women’s health, pregnancy, infertility, PCOS, reproduction, endometriosis, breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer
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