Pediatric cancer-associated thrombosis: Analysis from a tertiary care cancer center in India.
Nidhi DhariwalVenkata Rama Mohan GollamudiK P SangeethaCheriyalinkal Parambil BadiraNirmalya Roy MoulikChetan Anil DhamnePrasad MayaTushar VoraGirish ChinnaswamySeema KembhaviPapagudi G SubramanianSumeet GujralS D BanavaliGaurav NarulaPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2022)
Incidence of PCAT was 2.4%, and occurred predominantly in older children with hematolymphoid malignancies early in treatment. Most resolved completely with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and mortality was low. In hematolymphoid malignancies, PCAT reduce EFS, highlighting the need for prevention.
Keyphrases
- tertiary care
- risk factors
- papillary thyroid
- young adults
- pulmonary embolism
- cardiovascular events
- venous thromboembolism
- physical activity
- childhood cancer
- squamous cell
- growth factor
- type diabetes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- coronary artery disease
- lymph node metastasis
- replacement therapy