"Leiomyoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D007889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyoma- Leiomyoma
- Leiomyomas
- Fibroid Tumor
- Fibroid Tumors
- Tumor, Fibroid
- Tumors, Fibroid
- Fibromyoma
- Fibromyomas
- Fibroid
- Fibroids
Fibroid Uterus- Fibroid Uterus
- Uterus, Fibroid
- Fibroma, Uterine
- Fibromas, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroma
- Uterine Fibromas
- Fibroids, Uterine
- Fibroid, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroid
- Uterine Fibroids
- Leiomyoma, Uterine
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leiomyoma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in Profiles.
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Transvaginal shear wave elastography for measuring uterine myometrial and leiomyoma stiffness: a protocol pilot study. F S Sci. 2026 Jan; 7(1):91-99.
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Fibroids and Health Equity: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Research Consensus Panel. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2025 09; 36(9):1389-1394.
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Efficacy and safety of relugolix combination therapy in women with uterine fibroids and adenomyosis: subgroup analysis of LIBERTY 1 and LIBERTY 2. Fertil Steril. 2025 Sep; 124(3):523-533.
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Utilising Human Myometrial and Uterine Fibroid Stem Cell-Derived Three Dimentional Organoids as a Robust Model System for Understanding the Pathophysiology of Uterine Fibroids. Cell Prolif. 2025 Sep; 58(9):e70025.
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Therapeutic targeting of the tryptophan-kynurenine-aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway with apigenin in MED12-mutant leiomyoma cells. Cancer Gene Ther. 2025 Apr; 32(4):393-402.
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A plain language summary describing changes in pain associated with uterine fibroids among women receiving relugolix combination therapy. Pain Manag. 2024 Sep; 14(9):469-476.
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Regulatory roles of NAMPT and NAD+ metabolism in uterine leiomyoma progression: Implications for ECM accumulation, stemness, and microenvironment. Redox Biol. 2024 12; 78:103411.
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Associations Between Earlier Menarche and Fibroid Severity in Individuals Seeking Hysterectomy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 01; 34(2):235-241.
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Uterine fibroids: current research on novel drug targets and innovative therapeutic strategies. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2024 Aug; 28(8):669-687.
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Surgical myomectomy followed by oral Myfembree vs standard of care (SOUL trial): Study protocol for a randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0306053.