Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer treated with cisplatin: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 4416-4426

  Seng, Sonia ^a   Liu, Ziyue ^c   Chiu, Sophia K ^d   Proverbs Singh, Tracy ^d   Sonpavde, Guru ^e   Choueiri, Toni K ^b   Tsao, Che Kai ^d   Yu, Menggang ^f   Hahn, Noah M ^c   Oh, William K ^d   Galsky, Matthew D ^d  

^a Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IFOSFAMIDE PLUS MESNA; IRINOTECAN; LAROTAXEL; LOMUSTINE; LONIDAMINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MITOMYCIN C; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TOPOTECAN; TRIAZINATE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; CISPLATIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84870768153     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.42.4358     Document Type: Article

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