This web site is updated weekly so that we may bring you the latest health news in a timely fashion. You may want to bookmark this site for future reference. . Malignant Women should get a second medical opinion if they are told to consider a hysterectomy because they have fibroid tumors that could become cancerous.
Fibroids are benign growths in the uterus which sometimes cause discomfort, pain and bleeding.
According to Dr. Kevin Reynolds, chief of gynecologic oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Ann Arbor, removal of fibroids is the largest single reason hysterectomies are performed in the United States. More than 500,000 are performed each year. That is unfortunate. Uterine sarcoma is a rare but deadly disease, said Reynolds. Even when it is discovered early, it is difficult to treat.