Desmoid Tumors

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Litchman, Charisse (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• Part I  The identification and treatment of Desmoid Tumors
• 2. Clinical presentation of Desmoid Tumors
• 3.  Pathology of Desmoid Tumors
• 4.  APC/ β-catenin degeneration in Desmoid Tumors: important   implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy
• 5. Imaging Techniques in Desmoid Tumors
• 6. Surgical management of DesmoidTumors
• 7. Systemic Therapy of Desmoid Tumors
• 8.  Radiation Therapy for Desmoid Tumors
• 9.  Interventional Radiology
• Part 2  Special Populations with Desmoid Tumors
• 10. Desmoid Disease in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
• 11. Desmoid Tumor in Children and Adolescents: The Influence of Age
• Part 3  Considerations for current and future advancement in the search for a cure
• 12.  Microarrays and High-Throughput Sequencing in Desmoid Type Fibromatosis and Scar
• 13. Desmoid Tumors: Are they benign or malignant?- 14. The Role of Advocacy Groups in Rare Tumors such as Desmoid Tumors
• Index.