Desmoid tumours: a perfect example for making progress in treatment management through international collaboration
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Treatment of desmoid tumours in Gardner's syndrome.
A 24 year old woman with Gardner's syndrome developed a massive chest wall desmoid tumour, which required radical excision and prosthetic reconstruction. In view of the local aggressiveness of this tumour and the fact that it does not metastasize a policy of radical surgery when possible is recommended.
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عنوان ژورنال: ESMO Open
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2059-7029
DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000636