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Medical and anatomical claims
Sources were checked on 6 November 2026. “Verified” means the wording was checked against the source; it is not a clinical endorsement.
| Claim (summary) | Source | Published or updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition: cells similar to the womb lining growing elsewhere; chronic, can cause inflammation and scar tissue | NHS — Endometriosis; WHO fact sheet | NHS reviewed 27 Aug 2024 (next review Aug 2027); WHO 15 Oct 2025 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| About 10% of reproductive-age women and girls worldwide, roughly 190 million | WHO fact sheet | 15 Oct 2025 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Average time to diagnosis 4 to 12 years worldwide | WHO fact sheet | 15 Oct 2025 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Who it can affect, including transgender men and non-binary people who menstruate; cause unknown; no cure | WHO fact sheet; NHS | 15 Oct 2025; 27 Aug 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Main symptoms list, and that symptoms can occur at any time | NHS; WHO | 27 Aug 2024; 15 Oct 2025 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Conditions with similar symptoms: adenomyosis, fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease, irritable bowel syndrome | NHS | 27 Aug 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| When to see a GP | NHS | 27 Aug 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Symptoms that should prompt healthcare professionals to suspect endometriosis | NICE NG73, rec. 1.3.1 | Published 6 Sep 2017; updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| A pain and symptom diary can aid discussions | NICE NG73, rec. 1.3.3 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Experience of pain is unique and expressed differently | NICE NG73, rec. 1.3.4 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Long-term condition with physical, sexual, psychological and social impact | NICE NG73, rec. 1.2.1 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Transvaginal ultrasound offered even if examination is normal; normal results do not exclude endometriosis; laparoscopy may be considered even with normal scans; CA125 not used for diagnosis | NICE NG73, recs. 1.5.2, 1.5.4, 1.5.8, 1.5.11 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Referral criteria to gynaecology services; specialist referral for deep endometriosis involving bowel, bladder or ureter | NICE NG73, recs. 1.5.5, 1.5.6 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Treatment according to symptoms, preferences and priorities rather than stage | NICE NG73, rec. 1.6.1 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Peritoneal endometriosis may be treated during laparoscopy | NICE NG73, rec. 1.9.4 | Updated 11 Nov 2024 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Where endometriosis is found: around the womb (ovaries, tubes, lining of the pelvis), sometimes bladder and bowel, sometimes outside the pelvis such as the chest | NHS; WHO | 27 Aug 2024; 15 Oct 2025 | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Uterus: hollow, pear-shaped organ in the pelvis where a fetus develops; endometrium sheds during menstruation | NCI Dictionary; NCI SEER Training | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Ovaries: one each side of the uterus; eggs form; oestrogen and progesterone made | NCI Dictionary; NCI SEER Training | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Fallopian tubes connect ovaries to uterus; fimbriated end lies near the ovary | NCI Dictionary; NCI SEER Training | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Peritoneum lines the abdominal wall and covers most abdominal organs | NCI Dictionary | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Bladder stores urine; behind the pubic symphysis, below the parietal peritoneum | NCI SEER Training | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
| Sigmoid colon connects to the rectum; rectum follows the curve of the sacrum | NCI Dictionary; NCI SEER Training | No review date shown | Verified Clinical review pending |
Claims about EndoAI itself
- Data storage and AI processing (Supabase storage, server-side AI summaries by a third-party provider, no sale or marketing sharing, export and deletion) — from the EndoAI Privacy Policy.
- Screens and features shown as genuine — taken from genuine app screenshots already approved for the website: Today, Insights, Doctor Prep, Medical Vault and the body-map illustration.
- Five modules marked “in development” — present in EndoAI’s codebase and under release verification; not yet confirmed in the current store versions.
- Store availability — App Store listing id6777041801 and Google Play listing com.farhaangre.endoai were both live when checked on 6 Nov 2026.
Mathematical references
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- Sen, P. K. (1968). Estimates of the regression coefficient based on Kendall’s tau. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 63(324), 1379–1389.
- Hyndman, R. J. & Fan, Y. (1996). Sample quantiles in statistical packages. The American Statistician, 50(4), 361–365.
- Vogel, H. (1979). A better way to construct the sunflower head. Mathematical Biosciences, 44, 179–189.
- Fruchterman, T. M. J. & Reingold, E. M. (1991). Graph drawing by force-directed placement. Software: Practice and Experience, 21(11), 1129–1164.
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