Venous thromboembolic events in germ cell cancer patients undergoing platinum-based chemotherapy
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Venous thromboembolic events in germ cell cancer patients undergoing platinum-based chemotherapy. / Honecker, Friedemann; Koychev, Daniel; Lühmann, Anna D; Langer, Florian; Dieckmann, Klaus-Peter; Bokemeyer, Carsten; Oechsle, Karin.
In: ONKOLOGIE, Vol. 36, No. 11, 01.01.2013, p. 663-8.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Venous thromboembolic events in germ cell cancer patients undergoing platinum-based chemotherapy
AU - Honecker, Friedemann
AU - Koychev, Daniel
AU - Lühmann, Anna D
AU - Langer, Florian
AU - Dieckmann, Klaus-Peter
AU - Bokemeyer, Carsten
AU - Oechsle, Karin
N1 - © 2013 S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Germ cell tumor (GCT) patients are at risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTEEs). A higher incidence of VTEEs has been reported in GCT patients undergoing cisplatin-based chemotherapy.PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the incidence of and risk factors for VTEEs in 193 GCT patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy in Hamburg, Germany, between 2000 and 2009 was performed.RESULTS: VTEEs occurred in 22 patients (11%). In only 4 patients, the VTEEs occurred during cisplatin-based chemotherapy, while 18 patients (81%) experienced VTEEs prior to initiation of chemotherapy. Pure seminoma, 'intermediate risk' (International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG)), retroperitoneal or supraclavicular lymph node metastases, elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, a central venous catheter (CVC), arterial hypertension, application of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and of ≥ 3 cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy could be identified as risk factors. 2 risk groups could be described: (i) VTEEs manifesting before chemotherapy in patients with seminoma, retroperitoneal tumor masses, and elevated LDH levels, and (ii) VTEEs occurring during chemotherapy applied via CVC in patients with supraclavicular lymph node metastases.CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of VTEEs in GCT patients was 11%, but in the majority of patients, the VTEEs occurred before the initiation of platinum-based chemotherapy. Supraclavicular lymph node metastases and use of a CVC are risk factors for VTEEs during chemotherapy.
AB - BACKGROUND: Germ cell tumor (GCT) patients are at risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTEEs). A higher incidence of VTEEs has been reported in GCT patients undergoing cisplatin-based chemotherapy.PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the incidence of and risk factors for VTEEs in 193 GCT patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy in Hamburg, Germany, between 2000 and 2009 was performed.RESULTS: VTEEs occurred in 22 patients (11%). In only 4 patients, the VTEEs occurred during cisplatin-based chemotherapy, while 18 patients (81%) experienced VTEEs prior to initiation of chemotherapy. Pure seminoma, 'intermediate risk' (International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG)), retroperitoneal or supraclavicular lymph node metastases, elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, a central venous catheter (CVC), arterial hypertension, application of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and of ≥ 3 cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy could be identified as risk factors. 2 risk groups could be described: (i) VTEEs manifesting before chemotherapy in patients with seminoma, retroperitoneal tumor masses, and elevated LDH levels, and (ii) VTEEs occurring during chemotherapy applied via CVC in patients with supraclavicular lymph node metastases.CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of VTEEs in GCT patients was 11%, but in the majority of patients, the VTEEs occurred before the initiation of platinum-based chemotherapy. Supraclavicular lymph node metastases and use of a CVC are risk factors for VTEEs during chemotherapy.
U2 - 10.1159/000355652
DO - 10.1159/000355652
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 24192771
VL - 36
SP - 663
EP - 668
JO - ONKOLOGIE
JF - ONKOLOGIE
SN - 0378-584X
IS - 11
ER -