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Fibroids are benign tumors that affect different layers of the uterus. These tumors arise from the smooth muscles of the uterus, therefore earning the name “leiomyoma.” They are not cancerous and can appear either as a single isolated tumor or a group of tumors with varying sizes and locations. The probability of having a cancerous uterine tumor is less than 0.5%, perhaps even rarer than that.2 These fibroids require blood flow to thrive and they receive most of their blood supply from the uterine artery, which allows them to continue to grow in size if untreated.