Desmoid Tumors—Treatment and Prognosis
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 124 (1) , 225-226
- https://doi.org/10.1148/124.1.225
Abstract
Desmoid tumors are locally invasive benign tumors arising from musculoaponeurotic structures which are classified as fibromatoses and which have high postsurgical recurrence rates. Sixteen patients with desmoid tumors were treated with irradiation and evaluated for 2-6 yr posttreatment. Of the 16, 13 cases were controlled without recurrence. Virtually complete resolution of the tumor mass was accomplished without the disfigurement and dysfunction characteristic of the radical surgical approach to treatment.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: