Lab Assays to Detect Occult Cancer in VTE - The Fritsma Factor

Feb 15 2024

George Fritsma

Here is a provocative article whose investigators looked for lab assays to detect cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism:

Sánchez-López V, Marín-Romero S, Ferrer-Galván M, et all. Occult cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism: A nested case-control study. Am J Clin Pathol. 2024:aqad178. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqad178. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38340336.

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George Fritsma is a medical laboratory scientist, educator, and author. George holds faculty appointments with Rutgers University and Michigan State University, and is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, American Association of Clinical Chemists, and American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.

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