Handbrake on hysterectomy: Developing a personalised and fertility sparing pharmacological therapy for uterine fibroid-induced symptoms

Fibroids are common non-cancerous tumours of the uterine wall affecting millions of women of childbearing age around the world. They cause heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), subfertility and exert pressure on the adjacent organs, making women feel pain and discomfort. The prevalence increases with age and 1 in 2 women have fibroids by 50 years. One…