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Comment
. 2016 Feb;21(1):19.
doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2015-110301. Epub 2015 Nov 4.

The addition of abdomen and pelvis CT to limited cancer screening does not increase diagnosis of cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism

Matthew T Rondina  1 , Kencee Kay Graves  1
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Comment

The addition of abdomen and pelvis CT to limited cancer screening does not increase diagnosis of cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism

Matthew T Rondina et al. Evid Based Med. 2016 Feb.
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Comment on

  • Screening for Occult Cancer in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism.
    Carrier M, Lazo-Langner A, Shivakumar S, Tagalakis V, Zarychanski R, Solymoss S, Routhier N, Douketis J, Danovitch K, Lee AY, Le Gal G, Wells PS, Corsi DJ, Ramsay T, Coyle D, Chagnon I, Kassam Z, Tao H, Rodger MA; SOME Investigators. Carrier M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Aug 20;373(8):697-704. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1506623. Epub 2015 Jun 22. N Engl J Med. 2015. PMID: 26095467 Clinical Trial.

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