Overview Uterine fibroids are uterine non-cancerous growths which often occur during childbearing years. Often known as leiomyomas (lie-o-my-O-muhs) or myomas, uterine fibroids aren’t associated with increased uterine cancer risk and rarely turn into cancer. From seedlings, undetectable by the human eye, fibroids vary in size to dense masses that can deform and expand the uterus. You may have single or multiple fibroids. For extreme situations, the uterus can be stretched so far by several fibroids that it enters the rib cage and may add weight. Many women in their lives…
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