Testing for occult cancer in patients with pulmonary embolism: Results from a screening program and a two-year follow-up survey

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Jara Palomares, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Matute, Consolación ^b   Elías Hernández, Teresa ^c   Rodríguez Portal, José Antonio ^c   López Campos, José Luis ^c   Garcia Ibarra, Hugo ^d   Barrot Cortés, Emilia ^c   Otero Candelera, Remedios ^c  

^a Sierra Norte Hospital   (Spain)

^b San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Occult cancer; Pulmonary embolism; Screening; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76649107034     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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