Connective tissue supports and protects other tissues and organs. Other names for desmoid tumors are aggressive fibromatosis, desmoid-type fibromatosis, and deep fibromatosis. Desmoid tumors don’t ...

including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), neurofibromas, and other diseases associated with neurofibromatosis (NF1). We seek to develop mouse cancer ...

Damir Ortiz was diagnosed with type 1 neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic condition that causes tumors on nerve tissue. On Wednesday, he arrived at Nicklaus Children's Hospital after his family ...