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To the Editor: In their article on cancer and venous thromboembolism, Sørensen et al. (April 23 issue)1 reported an increased incidence of the diagnosis of cancer in the first six months of follow-up after the diagnosis of primary deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. They also noted that "the estimated risk of all types of cancer during the first year of follow-up decreased with increasing age at first discharge with venous thromboembolism." However, there is a possible confounding factor that does not appear to have been considered in their article or in the editorial that accompanied it.²

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