Who is at risk for occult cancer after venous thromboembolism?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2731-2733

  Beckers, M M J ^a   Schutgens, R E G ^b   Prins, M H ^c   Biesma, D H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCULT CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750976978     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02223.x     Document Type: Article

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