Abstract

Thrombosis is the second most common cause of death among patients with cancer.1 An analysis of 8 million hospitalised Medicare patients found the highest rates of venous thromboembolism in patients with lymphoma or cancers of the ovary, brain, or pancreas.2 Although prostate cancer carried a lower rate of venous thromboembolism, it was associated with a greater number of events than the “highest-risk” cancers.

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