The Association of Active Cancer With Venous Thromboembolism Location: A Population-Based Study

Begrenset malignitetsutredning ved idiopatisk venøs trombose

“…As we did not find any differences between men and women either, both genders should be screened to the same extent. Earlier studies have indicated that the location of the thrombosis has a bearing on the the probability of underlying malignancy (22,23) and that certain types of cancer are more strongly associated with venous thromboembolism than others (4,21,24). We found no evidence of this in our material.…”

Lung cancer associated venous thromboembolic disease: A comprehensive review

“…Studies have consistently showed an increased risk in patients with pancreatic, brain, ovarian, renal, uterine, gastric, and lung cancer [19,20,24,25]. Lung cancer may account up to 21% of cancer-associated thrombotic cases [25][26][27].…”

Epidemiology of venous thromboembolism

“…121,150 Routine screening for occult (undiagnosed) cancer is controversial and probably not warranted. 156,157 However, if clinical features suggest a possible occult cancer (such as idiopathic VTE, especially among patients with abdominal-vein or bilateral leg-vein thrombosis, 158 or in whom VTE recurs 159 ), then the only imaging study shown to be useful is a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. 159 Among patients with cancer, the risk of chemotherapy-associated VTE is increased in patients with pancreatic or gastric cancer, platelet count ≥350 × 10 9 /l, haemoglobin <100 g/l or use of red cell growth factors, leukocyte count ≥11 × 10 9 /l, or BMI ≥35 kg/m 2 ; 160 biomarkers (plasma soluble P-selectin and d -dimer) add further predictive value.…”