## BACKGROUND. The optimal management of inoperable desmoid tumors is still unclear. We report a 26 year-old female patient with familial adenomatous polyposis suffering from a recurrent inoperable intraabdominal desmoid tumor and its sequential treatment. METHODS. Treatment strategies included low
Successful treatment of a desmoid tumor with doxorubicin
β Scribed by K. Seiter; N. Kemeny
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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