Abstract:e16179 Background: Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are a group of rare tumors with a dismal prognosis and a complex molecular landscape. In this setting, the incidence and clinical relevance of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) is unknown, thus BTCs are not included in common thrombotic risk scores (e.g. Khorana Score). Moreover, retrospective studies highlighted associations between thromboembolic events and some genetic alterations, such as KRAS in lung and colorectal cancer, ALK/ROS1 in lung cancer and IDH1 … Show more
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