Table 1.

Influence of cancer and cancer treatment on initial VTE risk

Clinical characteristicVTE Risk (95% CI)Reference
Cancer site 
All cancer types IRR, 3.96 (3.68-4.27) 
Pancreas IRR, 15.56 (10.50-23.06) 
Hematologic IRR, 12.65 (10.04-15.94) 
Brain IRR, 10.40 (5.98-18.08) 
Lung IRR, 7.27 (5.93-8.91) 
Colorectal IRR, 3.93 (3.28-4.71) 
Prostate IRR, 3.25 (2.56-4.13) 
Breast IRR, 2.87 (2.30-3.58) 
Tumor stage 
Stage 1 aRR, 2.9 (1.5-5.5) 
Stage 2 aRR, 2.9 (2.4-3.5) 
Stage 3 aRR, 7.5 (6.0-9.4) 
Stage 4 aRR, 17.1 (12.6-23.3) 
Tumor grade 
Tumor grade High vs low-grade tumor; HR, 2.0 (1.1-3.5) 
Time from diagnosis 
Months 1-6 (breast cancer) 5.0 per 100 person-years 
Months 7-12 (breast cancer) 1.4 per 100 person-years 
Months 13-24 (breast cancer) 0.6 per 100 person-years 
Surgery 
Baseline 6.7 per 1000 person-years (6.1-7.3) 
During surgical hospital stay 12.2 per 1000 person-years (3.1-48.9) 
1st month after hospital discharge 22.3 per 1000 person-years (15.0-33.3) 
2nd month after hospital discharge 26.9 per 1000 person-years (18.0-40.1) 
3rd month after hospital discharge 9.8 per 1000 person-years (4.9-19.6) 
Chemotherapy 
During chemotherapy 69.4 per 1000 person-years (55.4-87.1) 
1 mo after chemotherapy 48.0 per 1000 person-years (27.9-82.6) 
2 mo after chemotherapy 22.3 per 1000 person-years (9.3-53.7) 
3 mo after chemotherapy 14.6 per 1000 person-years (4.7-45.3) 
Clinical characteristicVTE Risk (95% CI)Reference
Cancer site 
All cancer types IRR, 3.96 (3.68-4.27) 
Pancreas IRR, 15.56 (10.50-23.06) 
Hematologic IRR, 12.65 (10.04-15.94) 
Brain IRR, 10.40 (5.98-18.08) 
Lung IRR, 7.27 (5.93-8.91) 
Colorectal IRR, 3.93 (3.28-4.71) 
Prostate IRR, 3.25 (2.56-4.13) 
Breast IRR, 2.87 (2.30-3.58) 
Tumor stage 
Stage 1 aRR, 2.9 (1.5-5.5) 
Stage 2 aRR, 2.9 (2.4-3.5) 
Stage 3 aRR, 7.5 (6.0-9.4) 
Stage 4 aRR, 17.1 (12.6-23.3) 
Tumor grade 
Tumor grade High vs low-grade tumor; HR, 2.0 (1.1-3.5) 
Time from diagnosis 
Months 1-6 (breast cancer) 5.0 per 100 person-years 
Months 7-12 (breast cancer) 1.4 per 100 person-years 
Months 13-24 (breast cancer) 0.6 per 100 person-years 
Surgery 
Baseline 6.7 per 1000 person-years (6.1-7.3) 
During surgical hospital stay 12.2 per 1000 person-years (3.1-48.9) 
1st month after hospital discharge 22.3 per 1000 person-years (15.0-33.3) 
2nd month after hospital discharge 26.9 per 1000 person-years (18.0-40.1) 
3rd month after hospital discharge 9.8 per 1000 person-years (4.9-19.6) 
Chemotherapy 
During chemotherapy 69.4 per 1000 person-years (55.4-87.1) 
1 mo after chemotherapy 48.0 per 1000 person-years (27.9-82.6) 
2 mo after chemotherapy 22.3 per 1000 person-years (9.3-53.7) 
3 mo after chemotherapy 14.6 per 1000 person-years (4.7-45.3) 

aRR, adjusted relative risk; HR, hazard ratio; IRR, incidence rate ratio.

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