Family history of venous thromboembolism and risk of hospitalized thromboembolism in cancer patients: A nationwide family study.

Summary, in English

The importance of family history of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients is unclear. We conducted a nationwide study to determine whether family history of VTE is a risk factor for hospitalized VTE in cancer patients.

• Författare: Bengt Zöller; Karolina Palmér; Xinjun Li; Jan Sundquist; Kristina Sundquist
• Avdelning/ar: Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi; Allmänmedicin, kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2015
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 573-581
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Thrombosis Research
• Volym: 136
• Issue: 3
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26194121?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2015.07.004
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1879-2472