New procedure put the heat on fibroids

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New procedure put the heat on fibroids

The Carmel Pine Cone, CA

By KIMBERLY WHITE

Published: April 30, 2004

BY THE time they are 50, almost 70 percent of Caucasian women and more

than 80 percent of black women have uterine fibroid tumors, according

to medical experts, and the only recourse for those who suffer from

their symptoms has been to have them surgically removed or undergo

hysterectomies.

At least, until recently.

In 1999, Carmel gynecologist Dr. Bruce Lee discovered that a procedure

known as radio frequency ablation — which was already being used to

treat liver cancer and other soft-tissue tumors — could also eliminate

fibroids while leaving the uterus intact. This is a godsend for women

who hope to have children.

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