Table 2.
Predictive model for VTE according to Khorana et al. [25]
Patient characteristics | Risk score |
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Site of cancer | |
Very high risk (stomach, pancreas) | 2 |
High risk (lung, lymphoma, gynecologic, bladder, testicular) | 1 |
Prechemotherapy platelet count ≥350,000/mm3 | 1 |
Hemoglobin level less than 10 g/dl or use of red cell growth factors | 1 |
Prechemotherapy leukocyte count >11,000/mm3 | 1 |
Body mass index ≥35 kg/m2 or more | 1 |
High-risk score ≥3
Intermediate risk score 1–2
Low-risk score 0