The majority of women with uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, consequently get less clinical attention and fibroid tumors often remain undiagnosed. [23,24] Symptomatic women typically complain ...

Gynesonics’ transcervical system uses ultrasound guidance and radiofrequency energy to ablate fibroids without the need for ...

The following is a summary of "Management of Uterine Fibroids and Sarcomas: The Palermo Position Paper," published in the ...

But, several menopausal factors may promote fibroid development. Fibroids can affect premenopausal and postmenopausal women in different ways. In general, premenopausal women tend to have more ...

If the fibroid is in the back ... that is when weight gain and bloating can occur from the growth of that "benign tumor itself," says Dr. Seibel. "It's not a cancer, but it is a tumor, which ...

Nearly 8 in 10 women develop fibroids, noncancerous tumors that develop in the uterus during child-bearing years. They can be extremely painful, cause extensive bleeding and lead to infertility.

Once converted, that hormone can activate dormant receptors, causing fibroid tumor growth. In the new study, Bulun's team exposed fibroid cells to different types of phthalates, and they found ...

Later that year, she underwent her second fibroid surgery, this time successfully removing some of the tumors that were causing issues. But just nine months after the operation, the heavy bleeding ...

Laparoscopic Myomectomy. In women undergoing fertility preserving surgery, disturbance of the tumor mass may lead to dissemination and poor prognosis of an occult malignancy. Thus identification ...

Tumors are one of the most misunderstood diagnoses or conditions. While no one wants to be told they have one, many people don't realize that a tumor is nothing more than a clump of abnormal cells ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors made of muscle that can grow on your uterus. They rarely turn into cancer. Many women have uterine fibroids. You might not even know you have them, since they don’t ...

Of the six diagnostic tests investigated, the IOTA ADNEX model had the best accuracy of all and could detect up to 96% of ...