Mayo Clinic Minute: Treatment for uterine fibroids without surgery

A newer, more effective treatment for uterine fibroids is available that doesn't require surgery.

That's good news for the estimated 26 million women in the U.S. who have fibroids — including the millions of Black women who are disproportionately affected by these benign tumors. Black women in the U.S. are up to three times more likely to develop fibroids than white women.

Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, Mayo gynecologist and researcher recently published a review on these approved fibroid medications. They are called oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist combinations.
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