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The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

December 2017

Locally Aggressive Connective Tissue Tumors

Author Information

Gounder MM(1), Thomas DM(2), Tap WD(1)

(1) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weil Cornell Medical School, New York, NY.(2) Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia.

Publication

J Clin Oncol

Summary

In this review, we highlight the complexities of the natural history, biology, and clinical management of three intermediate connective tissue tumors: desmoid tumor (DT) or aggressive fibromatosis, tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) or diffuse-type pigmented villonodular synovitis (dtPVNS), and giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB).

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