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Table 2 Site of primary cancer and incidence of venous thrombosis by primary cancer site

From: Application of the Khorana score for cancer-associated thrombosis prediction in patients of East Asian ethnicity undergoing ambulatory chemotherapy

Site

N (%)

Cumulative number of CAT cases at 3 months

Cumulative numbers of CAT cases at 6 months (%)a)

Cumulative numbers of CAT cases at 12 months

H&N cancersb)

257 (2.2)

3

4 (1.56%)

5

Esophageal

137 (1.2)

3

5 (3.65%)

5

Stomach

946 (8.1)

22

29 (3.10%)

30

Breast

3,352 (28.6)

2

7 (0.21%)

9

Lung

2,166 (18.5)

31

41 (1.89%)

56

Liver

167 (1.4)

5

5 (2.99%)

8

Biliary

196 (1.7)

7

11 (5.61%)

13

Pancreas

481 (4.1)

15

20 (4.16%)

28

Colorectal

2,236 (19.1)

23

32 (1.43%)

39

Kidney

90 (0.8)

5

6 (6.67%)

6

Bladder

109 (0.9)

1

4 (3.67%)

4

Gynecologic

963 (8.2)

26

33 (3.43%)

41

Prostate

37 (3.2)

1

1 (2.70%)

3

Testis

25 (0.2)

0

0 (0%)

0

Lymphoma

552 (4.7)

6

9 (1.63%)

14

Total

11,714 (100)

150

207 (1.77%)

261

  1. Abbreviations: H&N, head and neck; CAT, cancer-associated thrombosis
  2. (a) among all patients with cancer at the corresponding site; (b) including lip, oral cavity, pharyngeal, laryngeal, and thyroid cancer