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The fibriods truned into cancer?
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Rarely: Not certain of the question but the reported incidence of a fibroid becoming a sarcoma (cancer) is reported from 1/1000 to 2/10, 000 depending on the study.
Answered 2/25/2012
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Unlikely: Fibroids by definition are benign, although there are cancerous varieties of those tumors. Some atypical fibroids can transform in to cancer if not removed.
Answered 3/26/2013
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