Predictive score for estimating cancer after venous thromboembolism: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been associated with a higher risk of developing malignancy and mortality, and patients with VTE may therefore benefit from increased surveillance. We aimed to construct a clinical predictive score that could classify patients with VTE according to their risk for developing these outcomes.

Methods

Observational cohort study using an existing clinical registry in a tertiary academic teaching hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1264 adult patients greater than 17 years of age presented new VTE between June 2006 and December 2011 and were included in the registry. We excluded patients with previous or incident cancer, those who died during the first month, and those with less than one year of follow up (< 5%). 540 patients were inclu

SUBMITTER: Ferreyro BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3723428 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature