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ApixabanforVenousThromboembolisminCancer
CarrierMarc,Abou-NassarKarim,MallickRanjeetaetal.ApixabantoPreventVenousThromboembolisminPatientswithCancer.[J].N.Engl.J.Med.,,:-.
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Patientswithactivecancerhaveanincreasedriskofvenousthromboembolism,whichresultsinsubstantialmorbidity,mortality,andhealthcareexpenditures.TheKhoranascore(range,0to6,withhigherscoresindicatingahigherriskofvenousthromboem-bolism)hasbeenvalidatedtoidentifypatientswithcanceratelevatedriskforthis