11.   The staff performed a procedure that dilated her cervix enough to permit the gynecologist to remove the abnormal tissue growing in her uterus.

12.   Promising animal studies suggest PDT concentrates in this abnormal uterine tissue enough to provide an easier treatment than hysterectomy or hormones.

13.   Scleroderma occurs among women more often than men, and is characterized by a hardening of the skin caused by abnormal fibrous tissue growth.

14.   The abnormal tissue will be taken to a laboratory in Canada to confirm the final diagnosis.

15.   This could result in abnormal tissues and organs, they said.