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Table 4 Cancer types in patients with cancer

From: Heparin based prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolic events and death in patients with cancer - a subgroup analysis of CERTIFY

 

Certoparin (n = 133)

UFH (n = 141)

Total (n = 274)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Metastases

21

15.8

18

12.8

49

17.9

Blood

17

12.8

24

17.0

41

15.0

Lung/bronchus

11

8.3

26

18.4

37

13.5

Prostate

23

17.3

12

8.5

35

12.8

Colon/rectum

14

10.5

12

8.5

26

9.5

Breast

16

12.0

6

4.3

22

8.0

Pancreas

14

10.5

8

5.7

22

8.0

Skin

10

7.5

8

5.7

18

6.6

Gastrooesophageal

7

5.3

6

4.3

13

4.7

Urogenital

4

3.0

9

6.4

13

4.7

Liver

4

3.0

8

5.7

12

4.4

Kidney

6

4.5

6

4.3

12

4.4

Gynecological

3

2.3

7

5.0

10

3.6

CNS

4

3.0

5

3.5

9

3.3

Others

4

3.0

3

2.1

7

2.6

Unclassified

9

6.8

8

5.7

17

6.2

  1. Legend: * unknown primary tumour.