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December 8, 2025BloodOpen Access

Temporal trends in cancer-associated venous thromboembolism mortality: A nationwide analysis (1999–2020)

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GSGaurav SharmaSPSai Swetha Pavuluri

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Nationwide analysis reveals rising venous thromboembolism mortality in cancer patients, particularly affecting racial minorities.

Key Points

  • This research aims to investigate the trends of venous thromboembolism mortality among cancer patients over two decades.
  • Data collected from CDC WONDER database (1999-2020)
  • Analyzed age-adjusted mortality rates using Joinpoint regression
  • Included individuals aged 15-84 years
  • Selected embolism as primary cause and malignancy as contributing cause
  • Recorded 168,965 deaths due to embolism contributed by malignancy
  • Annual mortality rate increased post-2016, rising by 5.33%
  • Highest mortality rates observed among Black or African American individuals
  • California, Texas, and New York reported the most deaths

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Sharma et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69362f6e4fa91c937236e167https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2025-1352
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