Incidence of venous thromboembolism in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme and associated risk factors: A retrospective chart review.

e14040 Background: Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are recognized as a population at high risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) (1,2). A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with GBM at the Juravinski Cancer Centre (JCC) was performed with the primary objective to assess the incidence of the development of VTE in newly diagnosed GBM. The secondary objective was to identify patients who were at higher …