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
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