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Comorbidity and the risk of venous thromboembolism in prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Alibhai Shabbir M. H.,
O'Neill Meagan E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29536
Subject(s) - comorbidity , medicine , venous thromboembolism , prostate cancer , danish , cancer , cancer registry , prostate , intensive care medicine , oncology , thrombosis , linguistics , philosophy
In this issue, Ording et al use the Danish Cancer Registry to examine the interaction between prostate cancer, comorbidity, and the risk of venous thromboembolism. Their findings suggest that severe comorbidity and prostate cancer interact to synergistically increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, although their small sample and other limitations demand caution in interpreting the findings.