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Early detection of venous thromboembolism after the initiation of chemotherapy predicts a poor prognosis in patients with unresectable metastatic pancreatic cancer who underwent first-line chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel.

Takuo YamaiKenji IkezawaErika HiragaYasuharu KawamotoTakeru HiraoSena HigashiKazuma DaikuShingo MaedaYutaro AbeMakiko UrabeYugo KaiRyoji TakadaTasuku NakaboriNobuyasu FukutakeHiroyuki UeharaMasashi FujitaKazuyoshi Ohkawa
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Early VTE detection is a predictor of a poor prognosis in UR-MPC patients who receive GnP as first-line chemotherapy, suggesting that screening VTE for patients with UR-MPC is crucial, even if patients are asymptomatic.
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