What are the risk factors for bleeding among cancer patients treated with anticoagulation?
Gastrointestinal malignancies, metastatic disease, chronic kidney disease, and thrombocytopenia are key risk factors for bleeding in cancer patients receiving anticoagulation.
/L. Bleeding incidence was higher in cancer patients regardless of the anticoagulant used. Patients with gastrointestinal malignancies had a higher incidence of bleeding compared to other tumors across all anticoagulants. Other factors associated with increased risk of bleeding included metastatic disease, chronic kidney disease, and thrombocytopenia.
Angelini et al. (Mon,) studied this question.