Re: Fibroids growing back

[Guest guest]

Brigham & Women's Hospital has a page that talks about theories of

fibroid formation. They do know that each fibroid comes from a single

cell however, that divides and divides over time.

http://www.fibroids.net/html/theories.htm

I have some statistical info from that new Gynecologic Endocrinology

text I bought over the weekend. When I'm home tonight I'll try to

type up the stats for recurrence.

Ann

After everything I have read I was under the impression that no one knew how

fibroids started, and they are even unsure as to what makes them grow, some say

estrogen others say progesterone. I was also under the impression that no

one knows if they will have a recurrence, whether they had one or

twenty, because everyone is different and there are no exacts with

this.

[Guest guest]

Brigham & Women's Hospital has a page that talks about theories of

fibroid formation. They do know that each fibroid comes from a single

cell however, that divides and divides over time.

http://www.fibroids.net/html/theories.htm

I have some statistical info from that new Gynecologic Endocrinology

text I bought over the weekend. When I'm home tonight I'll try to

type up the stats for recurrence.

Ann

After everything I have read I was under the impression that no one knew how

fibroids started, and they are even unsure as to what makes them grow, some say

estrogen others say progesterone. I was also under the impression that no

one knows if they will have a recurrence, whether they had one or

twenty, because everyone is different and there are no exacts with

this.

[Guest guest]

Thank You very much---you have out my mind at ease....

uterinefibroids , kukalaka <kukalaka@y...> wrote:

> There seems to be some confusion about this.

> Once fibroids are removed those particular fibroids cannot grow

>back. But fibroids are caused by genetic mutations within uterine

>muscle cells. This process can over time create new fibroids. In

>addition, there can be tiny fibroids that cannot be seen or felt, and

>therefore cannot be removed. This is most likely to happen in

>someone who has many little fibroids. Recurrence is least likely in

>women with one or a few large fibroids than with multiple small ones.

[Guest guest]

Thank You very much---you have out my mind at ease....

uterinefibroids , kukalaka <kukalaka@y...> wrote:

> There seems to be some confusion about this.

> Once fibroids are removed those particular fibroids cannot grow

>back. But fibroids are caused by genetic mutations within uterine

>muscle cells. This process can over time create new fibroids. In

>addition, there can be tiny fibroids that cannot be seen or felt, and

>therefore cannot be removed. This is most likely to happen in

>someone who has many little fibroids. Recurrence is least likely in

>women with one or a few large fibroids than with multiple small ones.

[Guest guest]

Thank You very much---you have out my mind at ease....

uterinefibroids , kukalaka <kukalaka@y...> wrote:

> There seems to be some confusion about this.

> Once fibroids are removed those particular fibroids cannot grow

>back. But fibroids are caused by genetic mutations within uterine

>muscle cells. This process can over time create new fibroids. In

>addition, there can be tiny fibroids that cannot be seen or felt, and

>therefore cannot be removed. This is most likely to happen in

>someone who has many little fibroids. Recurrence is least likely in

>women with one or a few large fibroids than with multiple small ones.

[Guest guest]

Here's the paragraph from my gynecologic endocrinology text:

" The short-term recurrence rate after myomectomy (either abdominal

myomectomy or hysteroscopic resection) is about 15%, with subsequent

hysterectomy necessary in 1-5% of patients. In a series with long-

term follow-up, the recurrence rate over 10 years reached 27%. Women

who gave birth after myomectomy had a recurrance rate (over 10 years)

of 16%, compared to a rate of 28% in those who did not give birth. In

an Italian study of recurrance, the rate at 5 years reached 55% in

those who gave birth after surgery and 42% in those with no

childbirth. These differences may reflect the diligence and

sensitivity of the ultrasonographic assessments. "

Here's a link to one Canadian study comparing adominal to

laporoscopic myomectomy for recurrence which studied an age group 25-

42 years old:

Risk of recurrence after myomectomy

http://humrep.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/770

Take it with a grain of salt because if you can help fix your

imbalance you are going reduce your risk of recurrence by some at

least.

--Ann