Five years ago Mackay Memorial Hospital made a statistical study in which they looked at 7878 cases of fibroid removal. Of these, in only 16 cases were the fibroids malignant, about the same rate as overseas (2 per 1000); all others were cases of elective surgery.
根據馬偕醫院五年前做過的一項統計，七千八百七十八個子宮肌瘤開刀切除的案例中，真正惡性的只有十六例，與國外的千分之二機率相當，其餘都是可開、可不開的刀。