TY - JOUR AU - Berger, Anne-Katrin AU - Singh, Hans Martin AU - Werft, Wiebke AU - Muckenhuber, Alexander AU - Sprick, Martin AU - Trumpp, Andreas AU - Weichert, Wilko AU - Jäger, Dirk AU - Springfeld, Christoph TI - High prevalence of incidental and symptomatic venous thromboembolic events in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer under palliative chemotherapy: A retrospective cohort study. JO - Pancreatology VL - 17 IS - 4 SN - 1424-3903 CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier M1 - DKFZ-2017-04018 SP - 629 - 634 PY - 2017 AB - Pancreatic cancer patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolic events (VTEs), and chemotherapy is a known additional risk factor. In this context, there is a controversial discussion whether prophylactic anticoagulation should be offered to all outpatients receiving chemotherapy.In this retrospective study, we analyzed incidental and symptomatic VTEs in 150 pancreatic cancer patients receiving either gemcitabine-based chemotherapy or chemotherapy according to the FOLFIRINOX protocol.VTEs were identified in 25 LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:28462862 DO - DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2017.04.012 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/127996 ER -