Venous thromboembolism in women with ovarian cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to cytoreductive surgery: A retrospective study.
Samuel George OxleyYaa A AchampongNikola SambandanDaniel J HughesMari ThomasMichelle LockleyAdeola OlaitanPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2021)
This study demonstrates an unacceptably high rate of avoidable venous thromboembolism including pulmonary embolism in these women, which complicates and delays treatment. Thromboprophylaxis during neoadjuvant chemotherapy should now be assessed prospectively.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- venous thromboembolism
- pulmonary embolism
- direct oral anticoagulants
- locally advanced
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- inferior vena cava
- minimally invasive
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- rectal cancer
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection
- pregnant women
- skeletal muscle
- percutaneous coronary intervention