Uterine fibroids

EA Stewart - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
… of undiagnosed uterine cancers among women with “… risk of any uterine cancer among
women with presumed fibroids who … case per 300 women, among women younger than 40 years …

Uterine fibroids and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the coronary artery risk development in young adult women's study

SK Laughlin-Tommaso, EL Fuchs… - Journal of Women's …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
… Background: Uterine fibroids, the most common reproductive tract tumor in women, have
been … Prior studies of fibroids and CVD have examined the subset of women with symptomatic …

Asymptomatic uterine fibroids

H Divakar - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2008 - Elsevier
… asymptomatic fibroids may become symptomatic in the future, so it may be wiser to treat fibroids
… in young women who may desire fertility at a later stage, and in view of the fact that many …

Epidemiology of uterine fibroids: from menarche to menopause

LA Wise, SK Laughlin-Tommaso - Clinical obstetrics and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… Ultrasound data on younger women come from an early-pregnancy screening study, 18
demonstrating an age at onset about 10 years earlier among black than white women. The …

[HTML][HTML] Racial differences in fibroid prevalence and ultrasound findings in asymptomatic young women (18–30 years old): a pilot study

EE Marsh, GE Ekpo, ER Cardozo, M Brocks, T Dune… - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
… The significant differences seen in this pilot study of prevalence of uterine fibroids in
asymptomatic young women emphasize the need for a larger and more in depth study. …

Burden, prevalence, and treatment of uterine fibroids: a survey of US women

EE Marsh, A Al-Hendy, D Kappus, A Galitsky… - Journal of women's …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
women will experience uterine fibroids by the age of 50, yet few data exist describing the
overall patient experience with fibroids. … for fibroids, including a comparison among women of …

Epidemiology and management of uterine fibroids

E Giuliani, S As‐Sanie, EE Marsh - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… The current options for symptomatic fibroid treatment include … management strategies for
uterine fibroids and highlights … Fibroids are more common, tend to present at a younger age…

Uterine fibroids

EA Stewart, SK Laughlin-Tommaso… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
… than white women. Black women with fibroids have larger uteri, more fibroids and larger …
The percentage of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids is 17% using bimanual palpation, but …

[PDF][PDF] Age prevalence of uterine fibroids in south-southern Nigeria: A retrospective study

EJ Olotu, EA Osunwoke, HA Ugboma, KN Odu - Age, 2008 - academicjournals.org
… It was observed from our study that younger women now present with fibroids (Table 3).
This is a worrisome trend as the ability of such women to conceive and maintain a normal preg…

Uterine artery embolization for treatment of uterine fibroids: Effect on ovarian function in younger women

A Ahmad, L Qadan, N Hassan, K Najarian - Journal of Vascular and …, 2002 - Elsevier
… Middle-Eastern women usually complete child-bearing at a young age. Therefore, the usual
unintentional bias against choosing younger patients with fibroids did not exist in this study …