Idiopathic venous thromboembolic disease is associated with a poorer prognosis from subsequent malignancy.
METHODS
We carried out a retrospective study of prognosis in Scottish patients diagnosed with cancer within 5 years after a venous thromboembolism (VTE).


CONCLUSIONS
Prognosis was significantly poorer if a VTE occurred up to 2 years before cancer diagnosis, most notably if the cancer was diagnosed in the 6 months after a VTE.
Jones
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. annejones2000@hotmail.com
Stockton
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Simpson
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Murchison
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*