Impact of venous thromboembolism on survival in patients with malignancy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Paneesha, Shankaranarayana ^a   Lokare, Anand ^b   Lester, Zara ^c   Nokes, Timothy ^c   Arya, Roopen ^d   Farren, Timothy ^e   Scriven, Nicholas ^f   McManus, Aidan ^g   O'Shaughnessy, Denise ^h   Rose, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g MMRx Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^h Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Outcome; Survival; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 63149133841     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07566.x     Document Type: Letter

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