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How are uterine polyps treated in a woman?

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Removal: Endometrial polyps can be forerunners to endometrial hyperplasia and cancer. They are removed by hysteroscopy or d & c.

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Answered 3/22/2020

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32 yr old female. Found 1cm uterine polyp 4 yrs ago during US because midcycle bleeding. Never removed it. Had two babies in 2018 and 2021. After each kid I had one episode of midcycle bleeding. My last us said polyp shrunk. Is that a sign no cancer?

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Can uterine polyps be treated with birth control pills?

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If a uterine polyp seems to be shrinking or disappears completely. Should I still have a endometrial biopsy? Are women with history of uterine polyps at higher risk of uterine cancer in their lifetime?

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42yr old female diagnosed w/ 1 ant. Submucosal uterine fibroid protruding into lower uterine cavity & multiple post. Uterine polyps. What trtmt optns?

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I am a 36 female. I have had bleeding for two years. It started after I lost my baby. The doctor cant figure it out. My hormone levels are fine. The uterus looks fine. He did a hysterscopy and removed a small polyp. And still bleeding! Why?

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