title: Excess risk of cancer in patients with primary venous thromboembolism: a national, population-based cohort study.
abstract: We conducted a nationwide, retrospective cohort study assessing the risk of cancer in VTE patients diagnosed in Scotland in 1982-2000. Significantly elevated risks of cancer were sustained for 2 years after VTE diagnosis, most notably for ovarian tumours and lymphomas. Younger patients were at an increased relative risk from this association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh-Little France, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, Scotland, UK. john.murchison@luht.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Murchison
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wylie
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Stockton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*