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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2009 Mar;22(1):9–23. doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2008.12.001

Table 1.

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with specific types of cancer.

Cancer California: cumulative incidence of VTE (%) 1 year (n) California: rate of VTE (/100 patient-years) Netherlands: cumulative incidence 6 months (n) USA: hospitalized Medicare patients, prevalence 6 months (n)
Pancreas 5.3% (6524) 14.0% 2.3% (1674) 1.2% (41 551)
Brain 6.9% (3775) 11.1% 3.2% (1058) 1.2% (13 529)
Acute myelogenous leukaemia 3.7% (2292) 7.4% 1.9% (532) -
Stomach 4.5% (5766) 7.4% 1.5% (2337) 0.9% (32 655)
Oesophagus 3.6% (2491) 5.8% 1.3% (1040) 0.4% (14 742)
Renal cell 3.5% (4891) 4.3% 1.3% (1503) 0.8% (34 375)
Lung 2.4% (44 497) 4.3% 1.4% (9336) 0.6% (232 764)
Ovary 3.3% (5707) 4.2% 3.3% (1444) 1.2% (26 406)
Liver 1.7% (2312) 4.1% 0.7% (970) 0.7% (22 938)
Lymphoma 2.8% (9003) 3.7% 2.0% (2470) 1.0% (52 042)
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia 2.7% (2023) 3.1% 1.7% (524) -
Acute lymphocytic leukaemia 2.6% (1058) 3.1% 1.7% (168) -
Colon 2.3% (32 611) 2.7% 1.3% (6262) 0.8%
Chronic myelogenous leukaemia 1.5% (951) 1.8% 0.6% (165) -
Bladder 1.5% (7138) 1.7% 1.3% (2250) 0.2% (168 832)
Uterus 1.6% (8721) 1.7% 1.1% (1431) 0.4% (11 606)
Prostate 0.9% (51362) 1.0% 0.9% (6013) 0.5% (218743)
Breast 0.9% (44707) 0.9% 0.8% (10566) 0.2% (186273)
Melanoma 0.5% (9497) 0.5% 0.3% (2236) -