Limited cancer screening seems appropriate after unprovoked PE
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Cancers can cause pulmonary embolism, and an unprovoked PE may signal an undiscovered cancer lurking in the body. In older studies, as many as 1 in 10 patients with unprovoked PE were diagnosed with cancer within a year. (The current terminology is that a PE is provoked if associated with a known cancer or another provoking factor, but considered unprovoked if cancer has not yet been discovered.)
Limited cancer screening seems appropriate after unprovoked PE
Limited cancer screening seems appropriate…
Limited cancer screening seems appropriate after unprovoked PE
Cancers can cause pulmonary embolism, and an unprovoked PE may signal an undiscovered cancer lurking in the body. In older studies, as many as 1 in 10 patients with unprovoked PE were diagnosed with cancer within a year. (The current terminology is that a PE is provoked if associated with a known cancer or another provoking factor, but considered unprovoked if cancer has not yet been discovered.)