Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

A phase II trial of weekly nab-paclitaxel for progressive and symptomatic desmoid tumors

  • Javier Martin-Broto,
  • Andres Redondo,
  • David S. Moura,
  • Claudia Valverde,
  • Jose Manuel Morales,
  • Antonio Lopez-Pousa,
  • Javier Martinez-Trufero,
  • Antonio Gutierrez,
  • Roberto Díaz-Beveridge,
  • Pablo Luna,
  • Virginia Martinez-Marin,
  • David Marcilla,
  • Ivan Arribas,
  • Patricio Ledesma,
  • Jose Antonio Lopez-Martin,
  • Davide Di Lernia,
  • Jorge Zamora,
  • Nadia Hindi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33975-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In patients with progressive and symptomatic desmoid fibromatosis (DF) treatment with chemotherapy is typically prolonged, while surgery carries a high risk of relapse. Here, the authors report the results of a phase II clinical trial of short-course nab-paclitaxel in patients with progressive and symptomatic DF.