The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

May 2016

The Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Primary or Recurrent Desmoid Tumors and Long-Term Results.

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Didem Çolpan Öksüz,Elif Eda Tiken,Fazilet Öner Dinçbaş,Murat Hız,Nil Molinas Mandel,Sedat Koca,Şefika Arzu Ergen,Sergülen Dervişoğlu

Department of Medical Oncology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Pathology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Summary

The optimal treatment of patients with desmoid tumors is still controversial. Surgery is the primary treatment for locally invasive or recurrent desmoid tumors. Also, radiotherapy is a treatment option for patients at high risk for local failure such as those with positive margins or recurrent and unresectable tumors.Between 1980 and 2009, 20 patients who received radiotherapy (RT) in our institution were analyzed. The majority of patients (80%) were referred with a recurrent tumor after previous surgery. According to our results, radiotherapy is especially effective in recurrent disease and provides a high local control rate in the patients received more than 54 G

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