Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, CC-3322, 1161 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA,justin.m.cates@vanderbilt.edu.
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Summary
Pregnancy has been reported as a risk factor for promoting growth and progression of desmoid-type fibromatosis because of the presumed role of estrogens in stimulating desmoid growth. Recurrence-free survival rates among women recently pregnant before or pregnant after resection of desmoid tumor and nulliparous women or those with a remote history of pregnancy are comparable after adjusting for patient age, anatomic location, and completeness of surgical resection. Subsequent pregnancy should not be discouraged for reproductive-aged women after resection of desmoid-type fibromatosis.
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