The paradox of cancer genes in non-malignant conditions: implications for precision medicine. [PDF]
, 2020 Next-generation sequencing has enabled patient selection for targeted drugs, some of which have shown remarkable efficacy in cancers that have the cognate molecular signatures.
Adashek, Jacob J +3 more
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Aggressive fibromatosis of the head and neck: a new classification based on a literature review over 40 years (1968-2008) [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Fibromatosis is an aggressive fibrous tumor of unknown etiology that is, in some cases, lethal. Until now, there has been no particular classification for the head and neck.
A Azzarelli +42 more
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Postoperative lumbar fusion paraspinal desmoid tumor case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Desmoid tumors are rare soft tissue tumors with slow growth and high recurrence rates. They typically arise sporadically in the abdominal wall or retroperitoneum, with a few rare cases reported after trauma and surgery.
Jenny Yan, MD, J. Levi Chazen, MD
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Idiopathic desmoid-type fibromatosis of the pancreatic head: case report and literature review [PDF]
, 2014 Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) is an uncommon nonmetastatic fibrous neoplasm. Sporadic intraperitoneal DTF is rarely described in current literature. We herein report a case of DTF of unknown cause involving the pancreatic head.
Baoling Tian +5 more
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Desmoid tumor: an unusual case of gross hematuria
Therapeutic Advances in Urology, 2015 Desmoid tumors are rare soft-tissue masses originating from the proliferation of fibroblasts in the fibroconnective tissues. Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors pose special diagnostic challenge due to multiplicity of differential diagnoses, and difficulty to
Sudhir Isharwal +4 more
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Extraabdominal desmoid tumors [PDF]
Neurosurgical Focus, 2007 Object Desmoid tumors are fibrous, slow-growing, nonmalignant tumors with a low potential for metastasis. These lesions show a high propensity for infiltrative growth with local invasion. Methods The authors undertook a retrospective ...
Kurtus, Dafford +3 more
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In the Beginning There Was Colectomy: Current Surgical Options in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis [PDF]
, 2004 Multiple colonic polyps, almost guaranteed colorectal cancer by the age of forty-five and an increased risk of non-colonic cancers characterise the autosomal dominant condition Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) 1.
McGrath Daniel R, Spigelman Allan D
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Desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: case report
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 Desmoid tumors are rare fibrous tumors of the soft tissues. Develops on the abdominal wall, in the abdomen, or extra-abdominal. Parietal location is very common among women. Hormonal factors are incriminated.
Kaoutar Achehboune +3 more
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Facial fibromatosis: benign and aggressive, yet treatable!
Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, 2019 Fibromatosis or desmoid tumors are locally aggressive neoplasms that have a propensity for local invasion and recurrence. The mainstay of treatment is excision with negative margins and the role of radiotherapy is controversial.
Rodrigues Gabriel +5 more
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Pancreatic cystic desmoid tumor following metastatic colon cancer surgery: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 Desmoid tumors are rare, benign, and locally aggressive neoplasms that stem from connective tissue that have high rates of recurrence after surgery. Intra-abdominal desmoid-type fibromatosis can arise in 2 forms: sporadic or hereditary (associated with ...
Shahab Shayesteh, MD +5 more
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