Familial adenomatous polyposis-associated desmoids display significantly more genetic changes than sporadic desmoids.

Desmoid tumours (also called deep or aggressive fibromatoses) are potentially life-threatening fibromatous lesions. Hereditary desmoid tumours arise in individuals affected by either familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or hereditary desmoid disease (HDD) carrying germline mutations in APC. Most spo...

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Main Authors: Els Robanus-Maandag, Cathy Bosch, Saeid Amini-Nik, Jeroen Knijnenburg, Karoly Szuhai, Pascale Cervera, Raymond Poon, Diana Eccles, Paolo Radice, Marco Giovannini, Benjamin A Alman, Sabine Tejpar, Peter Devilee, Riccardo Fodde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3170296?pdf=render