Apixaban for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism Associated with Cancer
Author(s) -
Giancarlo Agnelli,
Cecilia Becattini,
Guy Meyer,
Andrés J. Muñoz Martín,
Menno V. Huisman,
Jean M. Connors,
Alexander Cohen,
Rupert Bauersachs,
Benjamin Brenner,
Adam Torbicki,
María Rosales Sueiro,
Catherine Lambert,
Gualberto Gussoni,
Mauro Campanini,
Andrea Fontanella,
Giorgio Vescovo,
Melina Verso
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1915103
Subject(s) - medicine , apixaban , hazard ratio , edoxaban , pulmonary embolism , surgery , rivaroxaban , venous thrombosis , randomized controlled trial , deep vein , confidence interval , anesthesia , warfarin , thrombosis , atrial fibrillation
Recent guidelines recommend consideration of the use of oral edoxaban or rivaroxaban for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. However, the benefit of these oral agents is limited by the increased risk of bleeding associated with their use.
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