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Article: The surgery you should (almost) never agree to.(fibroid uterine tumors)
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- Redbook
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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If you develop fibroids, your biggest risk may not be the growths themselves, but a doctor who clings to outdated treatments
This year more than one million women will learn they have a fibroid tumor. For some, the diagnosis will explain the symptoms that brought them to the doctor's office. For others, the news will be a startling discovery during a routine gynecological exam. And for all, there will be questions...and anxieties.
Although the word. "tumor" may strike terror in our hearts, less than one percent of fibroids are malignant. But if you're not knowledgeable, you could end up among the thousands of women receiving unnecessary treatment - from ...