A Predictive Score for Arterial Thrombosis Associated With Cancer

Cancer is associated with an increased incidence of thrombosis and thromboembolic events are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in this population. The main consideration has been given to venous thromboembolic events (VTEs); arterial thrombotic events (ATEs) have more recently been recognized to precede cancer diagnosis and/or follow it as a serious complication. Thus, while plausible, the relationship between cancer and arterial thrombosis is less well established than for VTE. We sought to undertake the COMPASS-ARTeCAT (Comparison of Methods for thromboembolic risk assessment with clinical Perceptions and AwareneSS in real life patients- Arterial Cancer Associated Thrombosis) study aiming to identify the most clinically relevant clinical predictors of arterial thrombosis in ambulatory patients with specific types of cancer who are going to start or have already started anticancer treatment. This study aims to evaluate the incidence and the association between arterial thromboembolism and occult cancer. Moreover, this study will provide a risk assessment model (RAM) for arterial thrombosis applicable to cancer patients at any time after anticancer therapy initiation

Sex

All

Minimum age

18 Years

Maximum age

99 Years

Inclusion Criteria:Ambulatory cancer patients, with histologically confirmed solid cancer (breast, lung, gastric, colorectal, pancreatic, ovarian, prostate, or bladder cancer) or specific hematologic malignancy (Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma) -

Exclusion Criteria: a) age younger than 18 years, (b) life expectancy less than 3 months, (c) ongoing pregnancy, (d) recent (≤3 months) arterial thromboembolism and/or (e) major psychiatric disorder will be excluded from the study.

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