The incidence of venous thromboembolism is not lowin Korean patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Conclusion: In Korean patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, the incidence of VTEs is comparable to that of Caucasian patients. We also found that pancreatic cancer patients with concurrent VTEs had a poor prognosis compared to patients who developed VTEs later. PMID: 30310790 [PubMed]
Source: Blood Research - Category: Hematology Tags: Blood Res Source Type: research