July 22, 2020

Uterine leiomyomata (UL) are commonly known as fibroids and are the most common pelvic tumor in women. They are benign, smooth muscle tumors that arise from one muscle cell and thus the tumor is multiple clones of one cell. By 50 years of age, 70% of white women and 80% of black women have had...

July is fibroids awareness month, and given the health disparities associated with fibroids, it is important that we bring awareness to this condition during this time of the year. In particular, African American women and women of African descent have the highest lifetime risk of developing fibroids. According to a study published in the American...