About 13,860 women will die from cancers of the uterus. These estimates include both endometrial cancers and uterine sarcomas. Up to 10% of uterine cancers are sarcomas, so the actual numbers for ...

Vedantham S, Goodwin SC, McLucas B, Lee M, Perrella R, Forno AE, DeLeon M. Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroids: Considerations in Patient Selection and Clinical Follow-up. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999.

Some women opt for a radiation treatment named fibroid embolisation (also called uterine artery embolisation), which blocks the arteries that supply blood to the fibroids and makes them shrink.

Further study is necessary to determine the safety of uterine artery embolization and magnetic resonance-focused ultrasound surgery in patients with fibroids desiring future fertility. The precise ...

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills beauty Bozoma Saint John recently went under the knife to remove a fibroid the size of a grapefruit. While chatting with her co-star Dorit Kemsley on Bravo’s ...