Open AccessConcurrence of Gastric Cancer and Incidental Pulmonary Embolism May Be a Prognostic Factor for Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients with Incidental Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Meiqing Qiu,
Ying Meng,
Huijun Wang,
Li Sun,
Zhen Liu,
Shifeng Kan,
Tao Wang,
Shu Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s329329
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , pulmonary embolism , lung cancer , exact test , survival analysis , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , oncology , survival rate , mann–whitney u test
Cancer is well known as the most important risk factor for the emergence of pulmonary embolism (PE). The incidence of incidental PE (IPE) has increased with widely use of multi-detector-row computed tomography (CT) technology. Simultaneously, more new cancer patients diagnosed concomitantly with IPE are found. No study has examined the presentation and prognosis of incidental pulmonary embolism (IPE) in gastric cancer patients. The aim of this study was to analyse prognostic factors in patients with advanced gastric cancer complicated with IPE.