Successful Treatment of High Risk and Recurrent Pediatric Desmoids Using Radiation as a Component of Multimodality Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Jabbari, Siavash ^a   Andolino, David ^d   Weinberg, Vivian ^b   Missett, Brian T ^c   Law, Jason ^b   Wara, William M ^a   O'Donnell, Richard J ^b   Matthay, Katherine K ^b   DuBois, Steven G ^b   Goldsby, Robert ^b   Haas Kogan, Daphne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive fibromatosis; Desmoid; Pediatric; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE FIBROMATOSIS; DESMOID; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; HIGH DOSE; LOCAL CONTROL; MULTIMODALITY THERAPY; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PRIMARY TREATMENT; RADIATION THERAPY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

PEDIATRICS;

IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN; TOREMIFENE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649106887     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.072     Document Type: Article

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