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The good news: Fibroids are almost always non-cancerous (benign). The bad news: They can Fibroids. They can be as small as a pea or as large as a pumpkin. These growths on the smooth muscle of the uterus are extremely common. About 40 percent of women over 35 have fibroids, although they often don’t know it. In African-American populations, as many as 70 percent of women over 35 have fibroids.
cause pain, heavy bleeding, pelvic pressure and problems during pregnancy. In fact, fibroids are the number one cause of hysterectomies in the United States. No one really knows what causes fibroids.
New Treatments
The experts at Hutzel Women’s Hospital perform the latest surgical and minimally invasive procedures to remove fibroids. The following fibroid treatments are available at Hutzel Women’s Hospital:
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