Hormone acting drugs + uterine artery embolization offers nonsurgical treatment for

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/arrs-had080912.php

Public release date: 9-Aug-2012
Contact: Samantha Schmidt
American Roentgen Ray Society
uterine fibroids

Women with uterine fibroids larger than 10 cm have a new nonsurgical treatment choice –hormone acting drugs followed by uterine artery embolization, a new study shows. The new treatment option can replace hysterectomy, which leaves women infertile.

The study, conducted at the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul South Korea, included 40 women with 10 cm or larger uterine fibroids. Twelve of the women received gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists to shrink their fibroids before undergoing uterine artery embolization, said Man Deuk Kim, MD, PhD, lead author of the study. The remaining 28 patients underwent uterine artery embolization alone.

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