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ReviewJournal of neurology2021

A review of anticoagulation in patients with central nervous system malignancy: between a rock and a hard place.

Dawn Swan, David Julian Seiffge, Jecko Thachil

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dawn SwanDepartment of Haematology, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland. dawnswan123@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-7333
David Julian SeiffgeDepartment of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Jecko ThachilDepartment of Haematology, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
University Hospital Galway · IEUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of patients who develop primary and secondary metastatic central nervous system cancer (CNS) is increasing. This is a consequence of advancements in the sensitivity and availability of diagnostic imaging, and improved therapeutic options, leading to increased detection of CNS malignancies and improved survival. These patients are at very high risk of thrombosis as well as haemorrhage, and the optimum management of anticoagulation can be challenging for treating clinicians, particularly as robust prospective evidence is sparse. In this focused review, we discuss (1) risk factors for thrombosis and bleeding in these patients, (2) management of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) including evidence for direct oral anticoagulants, and how to approach patients with contraindications to anticoagulation, (3) ambulatory VTE prophylaxis, (4) VTE prophylaxis in patients who have undergone craniotomy for cancer, and (5) management of anticoagulation-related intracranial haemorrhage. Based on review of the available literature and author opinion, we propose practical management algorithms to aid clinicians faced with treating CNS cancer patients with thrombosis or CNS haemorrhage.

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Central Nervous System NeoplasmsNeoplasmsVenous ThromboembolismAnticoagulantsHemorrhageHumansProspective StudiesAnticoagulantsAnticoagulationCancerDirect oral anticoagulantIntracranial haemorrhage

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PMID32124043
OpenAlexW3009677539

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