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Article: New thromboembolism study findings recently were published by A.A. Muslimani and co-researchers.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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"Patients with solid tumors and venous thromboembolic episodes (VTE) have a high risk of recurrence and bleeding during oral anticoagulant treatment. However, we are unaware of studies expressly evaluating such risks in patients with lymphoma," scientists in the United States report (see also Thromboembolism).
"Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to determine the frequency of such complications during treatment of lymphoma patients who develop VTE. Charts of patients with histologically proven non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma were retrospectively reviewed and patients with their first acute symptomatic VTE episode were identified (49 ...