Medicine has advanced so much, why is surgery still the only way to diagnose this disease that, according to the WHO, affects 10% of women and girls globally.
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There are smart folks working on this problem.
[Non-invasive tests to provide quicker diagnosis of endometriosis](https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/non-invasive-tests-provide-quicker-diagnosis-endometriosis)
[New imaging study could make diagnosing endometriosis quicker, more accurate and reduce the need for invasive surgery.](https://www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/news/new-imaging-study-could-make-diagnosing-endometriosis-quicker-more-accurate-and-reduce-the-need-for-invasive-surgery)
And many others:
[https://www.google.com/search?q=innivative+testing+for+Endometriosis&rlz=1C1ASUM_enIE861IE861&oq=innivative+testing+for+Endometriosis&aqs=chrome..69i57.20201j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=innivative+testing+for+Endometriosis&rlz=1C1ASUM_enIE861IE861&oq=innivative+testing+for+Endometriosis&aqs=chrome..69i57.20201j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
It take a lot of work to safely develop and release a new accurate test and even longer for it to be adopted. But on teh positive side the market for such a test would be huge, so the R&D budgets will be ther to investigate new proposals.
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