EGF and endometriosis: For example, the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) are higher in women with advanced endometriosis than in women without endometriosis [30,31,32,33].