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Chemotherapy, Genetic Susceptibility, and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Breast Cancer Patients.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Nov 2016
Brand Judith S, Hedayati Elham, Humphreys Keith, Ludvigsson Jonas F, Johansson Anna L V, Bergh Jonas, Hall Per, Czene Kamila
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is highly heritable and a serious complication of cancer and its treatment. We examined the individual and joint effects of chemotherapy and genetic susceptibility on VTE risk in patients with breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A Swedish population-based study including 4,261 women diagnosed with primary invasive breast cancer between 2001 and 2008 in Stockholm, followed...
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