Cancer Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Elevated D-dimers.
Vitali KochSimon S MartinTatjana Gruber-RouhKatrin EichlerScherwin MahmoudiValentina O PuntmannEike NagelChristian BoozTommaso D AngeloLeona S AlizadehIbrahim YelNicole Suarez ZiegengeistKaterina TorgashovTobias GeyerStefan E HardtThomas J VoglLeon D GruenewaldEvangelos GiannitsisPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2022)
Although D-dimer testing in cancer patients is discouraged by current guidelines, very high concentrations above the 10-fold upper reference limit contain diagnostic and prognostic information and might be helpful in risk assessment, while low concentrations remain useful for ruling out VTE.