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Trauma and sporadic desmoid tumor development: An approach toward real incidence and aspects of causality.
Cancer - 1 Jan 2024
Hohenberger Peter, Menge Franka, Hohenberger Ralph, Kasper Bernd, Marx Alexander, Haller Florian, Baumgarten Christina, Wardelmann Eva, Jakob Jens
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OBJECTIVES: The development of desmoid tumors (DT) is associated with trauma, which is an aspect with medicolegal relevance. The objective of this study was to analyze the proportion and type of trauma (surgical, blunt/fracture, implants), its lag time, and mutations of the CTNNB1 gene in patients with sporadic DT. METHODS: We analyzed a prospectively kept database of 381 females and 171 males, median age at...
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