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Uterine fibroids – what’s new?
Uterine fibroids are the commonest benign tumours of women and affect all races with a cumulative lifetime risk of around 70%. Despite their high prevalence and the heavy economic burden of treatment, fibroids have received remarkably little attention compared to common female malignant tumours. This article reviews recent progress in understanding the biological nature of fibroids, their life ...
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Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society Uterine fibroids (leiomyomas) represent the most common tumor in women. These lesions disrupt the functions of the uterus and cause excessive uterine bleeding, anemia, defective implantation of an embryo, recurrent pregnancy loss, preterm labor, obstruction of labor, pelvic discomfort, and urinary incontinence and may mimic or mask malignant tumors...
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Uterine fibroids are a major cause of morbidity in women of a reproductive age (and sometimes even after menopause). There are several factors that are attributed to underlie the development and incidence of these common tumors, but this further corroborates their relatively unknown etiology. The most likely presentation of fibroids is by their effect on the woman's menstrual cycle or pelvic pr...
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Uterine fibroids, the most common benign gynaecological tumours in women of reproductive age, impact negatively on women’s health and quality of life and have significant cost implications for their management. The current mainstay treatments are surgical or radiological but none of these are ideal for every woman. Ulipristal acetate is a selective progesterone receptor modulatore which has sho...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: F1000Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2046-1402
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12172.1