NEJM - "Screening for Occult Cancer in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism"

"Screening for Occult Cancer in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism"

"CONCLUSIONS

The prevalence of occult cancer was low among patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism. Routine screening with CT of the abdomen and pelvis did not provide a clinically significant benefit. (Funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; SOME ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00773448.)"

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1506623