Alternative Names
This disease is also known as: desmoplastic small round blue cell tumor; intraabdominal desmoplastic small round blue cell tumor; desmoplastic small cell tumor; desmoplastic cancer; desmoplastic sarcoma; DSRCT.
There is no connection to peritoneal mesothelioma which is another disease sometimes described as desmoplastic.
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