Sonata system for diagnostic imaging and treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids

Equality considerations

NICE is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination and fostering good relations between people with particular protected characteristics and others.

Fibroids usually develop in people between the ages of 30 and 50 years, with the incidence increasing with age, up to the menopause. Fibroids are more common among people with an African or Caribbean family background. The fibroids also tend to be larger, more numerous, happen at an earlier age and are more likely to cause symptoms in these people.