Possible therapeutic role of vitamin D-3 in aggressive fibromatosis


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Ferah Y., Ayse K., Mustafa C., Ugur S., Murat G., Lale A.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.34, sa.8, ss.472-475, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

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Desmoids, also known as aggressive fibromatoses, are locally invasive tumors that are intermediate in their biological behavior that lies between benign fibrous proliferations and low-grade fibrosarcomas. In this report, we present a case of a young female patient with a huge tumoral mass located in the right shoulder region that recurred after total resection and was resistant to radio-chemo-hormonal therapy. Eventually, she responded to 1,25-(OH)(2)-vitamin D-3 treatment.