Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: Risk of Subsequent Malignant Neoplasms

Marie R. Griffin, Anthony W. Stanson, Manuel L. Brown, Mary F. Hauser, W. Michael O’fallon, Hazel M. Anderson, Francis J. Kazmier, L. Joseph Melton

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Abstract

We conducted a noncurrent prospective study of all Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents who had had a lowerextremity venogram, pulmonary angiogram, or lung scan performed because of suspicion of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary emboli. One hundred thirteen cancer-free patients were followed for 386 person-years from the date of procedure. Nine subsequent cancers were observed compared with 4.5 expected (relative risk, 2.0; 95% confidence interval, 0.9 to 3.8), using total cancer incidence rates for the Rochester, Minn, population. Five hundred seventeen cancer-free controls were followed for 2072 person-years. Twenty subsequent cancers were observed compared with 11.6 expected, yielding a relative risk of 1.7 (95% confidence interval, 1.1 to 2.7). When cases and controls were compared directly, no statistically significant difference in cancer-free survival was found.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1907-1911
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of internal medicine
Volume147
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine

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