Cancer-associated thrombosis: the when, how and why.
Caio Julio Cesar Dos Santos FernandesLuciana T K MorinagaJosé L AlvesMarcela A CastroDaniela CalderaroCarlos V P JardimRogério de SouzaPublished in: European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society (2019)
Cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) is a condition in which relevance has been increasingly recognised both for physicians that deal with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and for oncologists. It is currently estimated that the annual incidence of VTE in patients with cancer is 0.5% compared to 0.1% in the general population. Active cancer accounts for 20% of the overall incidence of VTE. Of note, VTE is the second most prevalent cause of death in cancer, second only to the progression of the disease, and cancer is the most prevalent cause of deaths in VTE patients. Nevertheless, CAT presents several peculiarities that distinguish it from other VTE, both in pathophysiology mechanisms, risk factors and especially in treatment, which need to be considered. CAT data will be reviewed in this review.
Keyphrases
- venous thromboembolism
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary embolism
- primary care
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- squamous cell carcinoma
- childhood cancer
- prognostic factors
- advanced cancer
- combination therapy
- data analysis