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By Tracee Cornforth, About.com Guide to Women's Health since 1997

Fibroid Tumors - The Leading Indication for Hysterectomy?

Thursday April 28, 2005
10 Things You Need to Know About Uterine Fibroid Tumors - Leiomyomas
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or the ACOG, uterine fibroid tumors or leiomyomas are "clinically apparent in 25 to 50 percent of women." However the true number of women with uterine fibroids may actually be as high as 80 percent. Read More!

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