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Consequences of VTE in patients
with cancer
•
Increased
morbidity
•
Hospitalisation
•
Anticoagulation
•
Increased
mortality
(worse overall survival outcome)
•
Poor quality of life (Qcas study SEOM 2017)
•
Cancer treatment
delay and stop
(not many active cancer drugs!)
•
Increased
healthcare costs
Second preventable cause of death in cancer patients
(Monreal M, 2016)