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Recently reported large series have provided clear evidence of an association between idiopathic thromboembolism and the development of cancer. The standardized incidence ratio for all cancers is as high as 6.7 within the first year after a thromboembolic event, and the risk is significantly higher among patients less than 65 years of age than among those who are 65 or older.¹ Apart from polycythemia vera, in which thrombosis is a direct complication of hematologic abnormalities, the standardized incidence ratios for cancer after a thromboembolic event are particularly high for cancers of the ovary, pancreas, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and esophagus . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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