Desmoid tumor: a disease opportune for molecular insights.

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Desmoid tumors are monoclonal proliferations that fall within a broad histologic spectrum of fibrous mesenchymal tumors that ranges from benign proliferations of scar tissue to high-grade fibrosarcomas. These low-grade tumors are extremely infiltrative locally, but lack the ability to metastasize systemically. While they are only rarely a direct cause of mortality, using current therapeutic modalities, these...

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