Di Nisio, M; Candeloro, M; Rutjes, A W S; Porreca, E (2018). Venous thromboembolism in cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis, 16(7), pp. 1336-1346. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/jth.14149
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BACKGROUND
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a frequent complication in cancer patients receiving adjuvant treatment. The risk of VTE during neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy remains unclear.
OBJECTIVES
This systematic review evaluated the incidence of VTE in patients with cancer receiving neoadjuvant treatment.
METHODS
MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched from inception to October 2017. Search results were supplemented with screening of conference proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2009-2016) and the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2003-2016). Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts, and extracted data onto standardized forms.
RESULTS
Twenty-eight cohort studies (7827 cancer patients, range 11 to 1398) were included. Twenty-five had a retrospective design. Eighteen cohorts included patients with gastrointestinal cancer representing over two-thirds of the whole study population (n = 6002, 78%). In total, 508 of 7768 patients were diagnosed with at least one VTE during neoadjuvant treatment for a pooled VTE incidence of 7% (95% CI, 5% to 10%) in absence of substantial between study heterogeneity. Heterogeneity was not explained by site of cancer or study design characteristics. VTE presented as pulmonary embolism in 22% to 96% of cases (16 cohorts), and it was symptomatic in 22% to 100% of patients (11 cohorts). Highest VTE rates were observed in patients with bladder (10.6%) or esophageal (8.4%) cancer.
CONCLUSIONS
This review found a relatively high incidence of VTE in cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy in the presence of some between study variation, which deserves further evaluation in prospective studies. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rutjes, Anne |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1538-7836 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Tanya Karrer |
Date Deposited: |
16 May 2018 15:21 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:14 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/jth.14149 |
PubMed ID: |
29754426 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Neoadjuvant therapy meta-analysis neoplasms review venous thromboembolism |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.116565 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/116565 |
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