“…Malignancy by itself is a main risk factor for the development of VTE, but cancer patients have multiple other clinical risk factors, including chemotherapy, multiple surgeries, and immobility [ 16 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]. Despite being unsuspected or incidentally discovered, incidental VTEs appear to be a substantial risk for cancer patients, and this may influence patient morbidity and mortality [ 14 , 27 , 30 ]. In the current study, we used data collected from cancer patients presenting to our comprehensive cancer center over a 10-year period to characterize C-DVT in cancer patients presenting with unsuspected PE, describing the outcomes of patients with these events.…”