Incidence, outcome and risk stratification tools for venous thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer – A retrospective cohort study

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is frequent in advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). Recent studies demonstrated that the Khorana score - an established risk stratification tool for VTE in cancer - performs poorly in identifying pancreatic cancer patients at high risk for VTE.

Source: Thrombosis Research - June 20, 2017 Category: Hematology Authors: Stephan Kruger, Michael Haas, Carolin Burkl, Peter Goehring, Axel Kleespies, Falk Roeder, Eike Gallmeier, Steffen Ormanns, Christoph Benedikt Westphalen, Volker Heinemann, Andreas Rank, Stefan Boeck Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research