Prevalence of venous thromboembolism at pretreatment screening and associated risk factors in 2086 patients with gynecological cancer.

Nobutaka TasakaTakeo MinaguchiYoshihiko HosokawaWataru TakaoHiroya ItagakiKeiko NishidaAzusa AkiyamaAyumi ShikamaHiroyuki OchiToyomi Satoh

Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2020)

Pretreatment asymptomatic VTE is very frequent in gynecological cancer patients. It may be beneficial to consider measuring DD or performing venous ultrasonography in patients with the above risk factors.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
risk factors
direct oral anticoagulants
papillary thyroid
magnetic resonance imaging
squamous cell
contrast enhanced
lymph node metastasis
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
childhood cancer