GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Too many women with uterine fibroids end up getting hysterectomies.
Researchers at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Van Andel Institute (VAI) and Spectrum Health have uncovered new information in a study that could help many women avoid surgery.
Approximately 600,000 women have a hysterectomy each year in the United States and half are because of non-cancerous tumors of the uterus – uterine fibroids, according to Jose Teixeira, a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University.