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About fibroids
Who gets fibroids, and what are the symptoms?
What are uterine fibroids?
Why we are so far behind in understanding and treating fibroids
Endocrinology of the uterus
Why do fibroids form?
Diagnosis: how do I know that I have fibroids?
When fibroids come back
Surgical treatment
Surgery inside the uterus: hysteroscopic myomectomy, endometrial ablation, and vaginal myomectomy
Laparoscopic myomectomy and myolysis
Abdominal myomectomy
Uterine artery embolization
Focused ultrasound surgery and other thermoablative therapies
Hysterectomy
Medical treatment
Traditional hormonal therapies: birth control pills and progestin
GnRH agonists, add-back therapies, and GnRH antagonists
Innovative medical strategies for treating uterine fibroids
Other factors, other conditions
Genetics of fibroids
Pregnancy, infertility, and miscarriage
Adenomyosis and endometrial polyps
Uterine cancers
Fibroid-like conditions
Alternative and complementary therapies
What can we do about fibroids?
Who gets fibroids, and what are the symptoms?
What are uterine fibroids?
Why we are so far behind in understanding and treating fibroids
Endocrinology of the uterus
Why do fibroids form?
Diagnosis: how do I know that I have fibroids?
When fibroids come back
Surgical treatment
Surgery inside the uterus: hysteroscopic myomectomy, endometrial ablation, and vaginal myomectomy
Laparoscopic myomectomy and myolysis
Abdominal myomectomy
Uterine artery embolization
Focused ultrasound surgery and other thermoablative therapies
Hysterectomy
Medical treatment
Traditional hormonal therapies: birth control pills and progestin
GnRH agonists, add-back therapies, and GnRH antagonists
Innovative medical strategies for treating uterine fibroids
Other factors, other conditions
Genetics of fibroids
Pregnancy, infertility, and miscarriage
Adenomyosis and endometrial polyps
Uterine cancers
Fibroid-like conditions
Alternative and complementary therapies
What can we do about fibroids?