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SUBMITTER: Khorana AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2764392 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khorana Alok A AA Connolly Gregory C GC
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20090831 29
<h4>Purpose</h4>Patients with cancer are increasingly at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Rates of VTE, however, vary markedly among patients with cancer.<h4>Design</h4>This review focuses on recent data derived from population-based, hospital-based, and outpatient cohort studies of patients with cancer that have identified multiple clinical risk factors as well as candidate laboratory biomarkers predictive of VTE.<h4>Results</h4>Clinical risk factors for cancer-associated VTE include prim ...[more]