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Table 3 Numbers and incidence of patients with PE by each cancer type

From: Malignant tumor is the greatest risk factor for pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients: a single-center study

Cancer type

Number of hospitalized patients

Number of patients with PE(%)

Ovarian cancer

152

5 (3.3)

Endometrial cancer

122

3 (2.4)

Gallbladder cancer

89

2 (2.2)

Lung cancer

1258

16 (1.3)

Colon cancer

1177

9 (0.8)

Gastric cancer

693

3 (0.4)

Breast cancer

1109

5 (0.5)

Prostate cancer

881

3 (0.3)

Kidney cancer

816

1 (0.1)

Cervical cancer

287

0 (0)