Research Article

Outcome of Nonsurgical Management of Extra-Abdominal, Trunk, and Abdominal Wall Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis: A Population-Based Study in the Netherlands

Table 3

First-line nonsurgical treatment per 5-year time period.

1993–19981999–20032004–20082009–20132014Total
NNNNNN

PALGA registration [4]1801853314381134
First-line treatment152256791
Stratified treatment
 Active surveillance00526637
 Radiotherapy011320135
 Systemic treatment14410019
Percentage0.6%2.7%6.6%12.8%8.0%

N = number of patients. Percentage of nonsurgical treatment compared to overall diagnoses as documented in the PALGA registration.