Can fibroids be cancerous?

"If you can stop the bleeding for a year a woman will have made it to menopause, after which time the fibroids shrink on their own," Goldstein tells WebMD. Option 5: Medical Monitoring What It Is: A watchful waiting, checking the size and number of fibroids -- and any resulting symptoms -- at regular intervals. read more

Fibroids may exist in the uterus without causing any pain or displaying any uterine fibroids symptoms. But when symptoms do exist they can manifest as heavy and extended bleeding at the time of menstruation. Fibroids growing in the cavity of the uterus cause this kind of bleeding. read more

In some cases (rare), fibroids can degenerate into a rare form of sarcoma (cancer). Your symtoms are very consistent with fibroid tumors (benign). I would not recommend waiting and watching this tumor continue to grow. read more

"If you can stop the bleeding for a year a woman will have made it to menopause, after which time the fibroids shrink on their own," Goldstein tells WebMD. Option 5: Medical Monitoring What It Is: A watchful waiting, checking the size and number of fibroids -- and any resulting symptoms -- at regular intervals. read more

Uterine fibroids. Fibroids are muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus (womb). Fibroids are almost always benign (not cancerous). Not all women with fibroids have symptoms. Women who do have symptoms often find fibroids hard to live with. Some have pain and heavy menstrual bleeding. Treatment for uterine fibroids depends on your symptoms. read more