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Excess risk of cancer in patients with primary venous thromboembolism: a national, population-based cohort study.

British journal of cancer 2004 Jul 5; 91(1):92-5

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Murchison J JT, Wylie L L, Stockton D DL

Department of Radiology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh-Little France, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, Scotland, UK. john.murchison@luht.scot.nhs.uk

We conducted a nationwide, retrospective cohort study assessing the risk of cancer in VTE patients diagnosed in Scotland in 1982-2000. Significantly elevated risks of cancer were sustained for 2 years after VTE diagnosis, most notably for ovarian tumours and lymphomas. Younger patients were at an increased relative risk from this association.