The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

March 2014

Desmoid tumors do not prevent proctectomy following abdominal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.

Author Information

Carol Burke,James M Church,Lisa Laguardia,Margaret O'Malley,Matthew F Kalady,Satish K Warrier,Xhileta Xhaja

1Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 2Sanford R Weiss, MD, Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 3Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

Publication

Summary

Elective proctocolectomy has been recommended for patients at high risk of desmoids based on the possibility that cancer in a retained rectum may be unresectable because of desmoid disease. There are no data to support the reality of this concern.

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