Newly Diagnosed Malignancy in Patients with VenousThromboembolism. Search or Wait and See?

The incidence of newly diagnosed malignancy is increased in patients with unexplained venous thromboembolism during the first year after a thromboembolic event in comparison to controls (odds ratio, 3.9-36). Extensive screening with computed tomography, endoscopy and tumor markers can identify most of these undetected malignancies. However, approximately half of these can also be identified based on a simple clinical evaluation. Extensive …