Screening for occult cancer in patients with acute venous thromboembolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-371

  Monreal, Manuel ^a,c   Trujillo Santos, Javier ^b  

^a Hopsital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol ^*  (Spain)

^b Allergy Section   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Occult cancer; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCULT CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34748816881     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3282058b6f     Document Type: Review

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