Abdel-Razeq et al reported risk factors for venous thromboembolism in a patient with a testicular germ cell tumor. The authors are from King Hussein Cancer Center, University of Jordon and Istishari Hospital in Jordan.
Patient selection: testicular germ cell tumor
Risk factors for venous thromboembolism:
(1) lymph node metastases
(2) metastases to distant sites
(3) high serum LDH concentration
(4) multiple lines of chemotherapy
where:
• The risk factors are associated with high tumor burden.
• Lines of chemotherapy is ambiguous. It may mean courses of chemotherapy, or going to second-line chemotherapy. The usage indicates salvage therapy.
The risk of venous thromboembolism increases with the number of risk factors present.
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