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The role of APC and beta-catenin in the aetiology of aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumors).
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Jan 2009
Lips D J, Barker N, Clevers H, Hennipman A
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BACKGROUND: Aggressive fibromatosis (syn. desmoid tumor) is a sporadically occurring neoplastic proliferation of fibroblasts originating from musculoaponeurotic planes, forming invasively growing masses without the capability to metastasize. The choice of treatment remains surgical resection with or without radiotherapy, and is characterized by high recurrence rates. Better understanding of the aetiology of...
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