Time Trends in the Incidence and Treatment of Extra-Abdominal and Abdominal Aggressive Fibromatosis: A Population-Based Study

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 22; no. 9; pp. 2817 - 2823
• Main Authors: van Broekhoven, Danique L. M., Grünhagen, Dirk J., den Bakker, Michael A., van Dalen, Thijs, Verhoef, Cornelis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Female; Fibromatosis, Abdominal - epidemiology; Fibromatosis, Abdominal - pathology; Fibromatosis, Abdominal - surgery; Fibromatosis, Aggressive - epidemiology; Fibromatosis, Aggressive - pathology; Fibromatosis, Aggressive - surgery; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Netherlands - epidemiology; Oncology; Prognosis; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Time Factors; Young Adult; Netherlands; Dutch Population; Breast Cancer Screening Program; Abdominal Wall; Hormonal Influence; Isolate Limb Perfusion
• ISSN: 1068-9265; 1534-4681
• DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-4632-y

Background Aggressive fibromatosis (AF) is a locally infiltrating soft-tissue tumor. In a population-based study in the Netherlands, we evaluated time trends for the incidence and treatment of AF. Methods In PALGA: Dutch Pathology Registry, all patients diagnosed between 1993 and 2013 as having extra-abdominal or abdominal wall aggressive fibromatosis were identified and available pathology data of the patients were evaluated. Epidemiological and treatment-related factors were analyzed with χ 2 and regression analysis. Results During the study period, 1134 patients were identified. The incidence increased from 2.10 to 5.36 per million people per year. Median age at the time of diagnosis increased annually by B 0.285 (P  = 0.001). Female gender prevailed and increased over time [annual odds ratio (OR) 1.022; P  = 0.058]. All anatomic localizations, but in particular truncal tumors, became more frequent. During the study period diagnostic histological biopsies were performed more often (annual OR 1.096; P  < 0.001). The proportion of patients who underwent surgical treatment decreased (annual OR 0.928; P  < 0.001). When resection was preceded by biopsy, 49.8 % of the patients had R0-resection versus 30.7 % in patients without biopsy ( P  < 0.001). Conclusions In this population-based study, an increasing incidence of extra-abdominal and abdominal-wall aggressive fibromatosis was observed. The workup of patients improved and a trend towards a nonsurgical treatment policy was observed.