A systematic review of deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in cancer patients: implications for improving quality

Authors
Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2008
CRD SUMMARY: The authors concluded that pharmacological prophylaxis in cancer patients is associated with lower rates of deep vein thrombosis, without an increase in bleeding complications. The limited search, incomplete reporting of review methods, limited validity assessment and inappropriate data synthesis mean that the results of the review may not be reliable.
Epistemonikos ID: a6191edc59c594067302d1c077ff5b980ef0d966
First added on: Jun 08, 2012