Malignancy and deep vein thrombosis

Oudega et al's neat study of malignancy and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the September issue found that 4.4% of patients with a DVT went on to have a malignancy diagnosed in the next 2 years. We have performed a similar — albeit retrospective — study of 813 patients diagnosed with either a primary colorectal (n = 349), prostate …