Alfonso Tafur: The Data Behind Cancer-Associated Thrombosis
Alfonso Tafur, Vascular Medicine Fellowship Program Director at the University of Chicago, Director of Vascular Medicine Department at NorthShore University, shared on LinkedIn:
”I posted a video about this earlier this week – but this visual breakdown might be even more useful to save and share.
Cancer-associated thrombosis is not one disease. Here’s the data in 8 slides.
Swipe through. Save it. Share it with your team.”
Title: Variation in Venous Thromboembolism Outcomes Based on Primary Cancer Site: A RIETE Registry Analysis
Authors: Javier Trujillo-Santos, Cihan Ay, Behnood Bikdeli, David Jiménez, Aurora Villalobos, Luciano López-Jiménez, Montserrat Pérez-Pinar, Javier Pagán-Escribano, Maurizio Ciammaichella, Manuel Monreal

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