Clinical Outcomes of Isolated Distal Deep Vein Thrombosis Associated with Cancer: The Cleveland Clinic Experience

This study demonstrates that cancer patients with IDDVT have a similar rate of VTE recurrence, subsequent hospital admission, rate of major bleeding, and overall survival compared to those with proximal events. These findings, if validated, suggest that treatment of cancer-associated IDDVT should mirror treatment of proximal events.DisclosuresKhorana: Janssen: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Sanofi: Consultancy.

Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Poudel, S. K., Jia, X., Park, D. Y., Wilks, M. L., Pinkava, V., O'Brien, M., Tripp, B., Song, J.-M., McCrae, K. R., Khorana, A. A., Angelini, D. E. Tags: 903. Outcomes Research-Non-Malignant Hematology: Poster III Source Type: research