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Fibroids

Who Is Likely To Get Fibroids?

Edited by Guy Slowik MD FRCS. Last updated on:
03/22/2012

Fibroids can occur in any woman of reproductive age. African American women are three times as likely as Caucasian women to have fibroids. It is not known how common fibroids are in women of other races and ethnic backgrounds.

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