• Dominique Farge, Henri Bounameaux, Benjamin Brenner, Francis Cajfinger, Philippe Debourdeau, Alok A Khorana, Ingrid Pabinger, Susan Solymoss, James Douketis, and Ajay Kakkar.
• Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Internal Medicine: Autoimmune and Vascular Disease Unit, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France; Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 7 Diderot University, Paris, France. Electronic address: dominique.farge-bancel@aphp.fr.
• Lancet Oncol. 2016 Oct 1; 17 (10): e452-e466.

AbstractVenous thromboembolism (VTE) is the second leading cause of death in patients with cancer. These patients are at an increased risk of developing VTE and are more likely to have a recurrence of VTE and bleeding while taking anticoagulants. Management of VTE in patients with cancer is a major therapeutic challenge and remains suboptimal worldwide. In 2013, the International Initiative on Thrombosis and Cancer (ITAC-CME), established to reduce the global burden of VTE in patients with cancer, published international guidelines for the treatment and prophylaxis of VTE and central venous catheter-associated thrombosis. The rapid global adoption of direct oral anticoagulants for management of VTE in patients with cancer is an emerging treatment trend that needs to be addressed based on the current level of evidence. In this Review, we provide an update of the ITAC-CME consensus recommendations based on a systematic review of the literature ranked according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation scale. These guidelines aim to address in-hospital and outpatient cancer-associated VTE in specific subgroups of patients with cancer.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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