Prognosis of Uterine fibroids: Good. Benign. Rarely associated with uterine cancer. ...see also Overview of Uterine fibroids
Complications of Uterine fibroids may include:
Complications of Uterine fibroids from the Diseases Database include:
See also complications of Uterine fibroids.
Fibroids are the most frequently diagnosed tumor of the female pelvis. It is important to know that these are benign tumors. They are not associated with cancer, they virtually never develop into cancer, and they do not increase a woman's risk for uterine cancer. (Source: excerpt from Uterine Fibroids: NWHIC)
The 'prognosis' of Uterine fibroids usually refers to the likely outcome of Uterine fibroids. The prognosis of Uterine fibroids may include the duration of Uterine fibroids, chances of complications of Uterine fibroids, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Uterine fibroids, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Uterine fibroids. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.
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