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Table 6 Treatments delivered during the 2 months preceding a major bleeding event after lung cancer diagnosis

From: Could venous thromboembolism and major bleeding be indicators of lung cancer mortality? A nationwide database study

  

Total

Major bleeding type

N (%)

 

(n = 341)

Digestive

Intracranial

Other

Total

  

55 (16.1)

22 (6.5)

264 (77.4)

Anticoagulant or antiplatelet treatment

No

172 (50.4)

26 (47.3)

8 (36.4)

138 (52.3)

 

Yes

169 (49.6)

29 (52.7)

14 (63.6)

126 (47.7)

Anticoagulant therapy

No

263 (77.1)

40 (72.7)

16 (72.7)

207 (78.4)

Yes

78 (22.9)

15 (27.3)

6 (27.3)

57 (21.6)

Antiplatelet therapy

No

225 (66.0)

37 (67.3)

11 (50.0)

177 (67.1)

Yes

116 (34.0)

18 (32.7)

11 (50.0)

87 (32.9)

NSAID treatment

No

312 (91.5)

50 (90.9)

19 (86.4)

243 (92.1)

Yes

29 (8.5)

5 (9.1)

3 (13.6)

21 (7.9)