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SUBMITTER: Debourdeau P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673948 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Debourdeau Philippe P Espié Marc M Chevret Sylvie S Gligorov Joseph J Elias Antoine A Dupré Pierre François PF Desseaux Kristell K Kalidi Issa I Villiers Stephane S Giachetti Sylvie S Frere Corinne C Farge Dominique D
Cancer medicine 20171004 11
Previous epidemiologic studies investigating central venous catheter (CVC)-related venous thromboembolism (CRT) were conducted in heterogenous cancer populations and data in breast cancer (BC) remain limited. To investigate the Doppler ultrasound (DUS)-CRT incidence, risk factors and outcomes in BC, we designed a prospective, multicenter cohort of nonmetastatic invasive BC patients undergoing insertion of a CVC for chemotherapy. All patients underwent double-blind DUS before, 7, 30, and 90 days ...[more]