Desmoid Tumors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Litchman, Charisse (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Interventional radiology.; Oncology.; Abdominal surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.; Interventional Radiology.; Abdominal Surgery.; Biomedicine general.

Desmoid Tumors (DT), also called Aggressive Fibromatoses, are a rare fibroblastic proliferative disease, with an incidence of 2 to 4 new cases per million people per year. Despite the absence of a metastatic potential, DT cause significant morbidity and at times mortality due to its locally invasive...