Complete resection of recurrent and initially unresectable dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans downsized by Imatinib

Abstract Curative surgical treatment of recurrent, locally advanced dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is often limited owing to a close relation of the tumor with important anatomical structures. Targeted therapy with imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, may cause significant reduction of tumor volu...
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Wicherts, Dennis A [verfasserIn]

van Coevorden, Frits

Klomp, Houke M

van Huizum, Martine A

Kerst, J Martijn

Haas, Rick LM

van Boven, Hester H

van der Hage, JA

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Imatinib

Surgery

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© Wicherts et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: World journal of surgical oncology - London : Biomed Central, 2003, 11(2013), 1 vom: 08. März

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:11 ; year:2013 ; number:1 ; day:08 ; month:03

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1477-7819-11-59

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SPR028822196

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