Mother of six children DIES from cancer after fibroid removal surgery spread cancer cells all over her body

‘Dr Amy Reed, a physician and cancer patient that fought against a faulty medical procedure that hastened the spread of her disease, passed away in their Yardley, Pa., home. She was 44. Dr. Reed was survived by her husband and six children.
Dr. Reed’s cause of death was a type of cancer called leiomyosarcoma of the uterus, which was greatly accelerated following a botched operation in 2013. The physician first went under the knife in 2013 when she was diagnosed with precancerous fibroids. Dr. Reed was told that surgically removing the fibroids, using a high-powered tool called a morcellator, was safe. The device, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, works by slicing up the tissue and removing cancerous cells bit by bit. The tool was approved by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in 1995. The operation was performed at the at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where Dr. Reed and her husband Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, a cardiothoracic surgeon, held teaching posts.’
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