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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;115(24):5637–5650. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24665

TABLE 3. Rates of Use of Prophylaxis in Patients with Cancer At Risk of Venous Thromboembolism.

Reference Total at-risk medical patients studied who received any prophylaxis, % At-risk medical cancer patients who received any prophylaxis, %
Seddighzadeh A et al. 200738 34.6* 28.2
Burleigh E et al. 200639 26-33 18-25
Amin A et al. 200740 61.8 56.4
Kakkar AK et al.200341 NA < 5
*

Total medical patients without cancer.

NA, not applicable.