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Successful treatment of an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor with irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin plus bevacizumab in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis

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  1. Medical Oncology Department, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Leonardo Atem Costa, Loureno Cezana, Thiago Bueno Oliveira, Aldo Lourenço Dettino, Marcello Ferretti Fanelli & Celso Abdon Mello

  2. Pathology Department, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Dirlei Begnami & Clovis Antônio Pinto

  3. Street Prof. Antonio Prudente, 211, Liberdade, 01509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Leonardo Atem Costa

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Costa, L.A., Cezana, L., Oliveira, T.B. et al. Successful treatment of an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor with irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin plus bevacizumab in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis. Int J Colorectal Dis 27, 257–259 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-011-1201-0

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