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Nov 9, 2025, 10:18
RPTH Study Finds 3× Cancer Risk in Migraine Patients After VTE
RPTH Journal posted on LinkedIn:
”Patients with migraines have a higher risk of venous clots.
Oscar Rosenkrantz and team examined if cancer risk after clot was still elevated. They found in a Danish cohort that risk was 3x higher in year one vs expected rates, suggesting occult cancer may still explain clots.
Read the study here.
Title: Venous thromboembolism and cancer risk in patients with a history of migraine: a population-based cohort study
Authors: Oscar Rosenkrantz, Dóra K. Farkas, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, Søren K. Martiny, Holly Elser, Cecilia H. Fuglsang, Henrik T. Sørensen”

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