Shields LBE, Daniels MW, Mar N, Rezazadeh Kalebasty A. Thromboembolic events in metastatic testicular cancer treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy. World J Clin Oncol 2021; 12(3): 183-194 [PMID: 33767973 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v12.i3.183]
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Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, MD, Doctor, Division of Hematology/ Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Zot 4061, Orange, CA 92868, United States. arez@uci.edu
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World J Clin Oncol. Mar 24, 2021; 12(3): 183-194 Published online Mar 24, 2021. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v12.i3.183
Thromboembolic events in metastatic testicular cancer treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy
Lisa B E Shields, Michael W Daniels, Nataliya Mar, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty
Lisa B E Shields, Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY 40202, United States
Michael W Daniels, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, United States
Nataliya Mar, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, United States
Author contributions: Shields LBE, Daniels MW, Mar N, and Rezazadeh Kalebasty A contributed to the conception, design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data; Shields LBE drafted the manuscript; Shields LBE, Daniels MW, Mar N, and Rezazadeh Kalebasty A critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval.
Institutional review board statement: The University of Louisville Institutional Review Board determined that this study was exempt according to 45 CFR 46.101(b). The IRB number is 19.1288.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data were available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Corresponding author: Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, MD, Doctor, Division of Hematology/ Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Zot 4061, Orange, CA 92868, United States. arez@uci.edu
Received: August 11, 2020 Peer-review started: August 11, 2020 First decision: December 18, 2020 Revised: December 18, 2020 Accepted: February 11, 2021 Article in press: February 11, 2021 Published online: March 24, 2021 Processing time: 211 Days and 20.7 Hours
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Core Tip: While cisplatin-based chemotherapy has significantly lengthened the survival of patients with testicular germ cell tumor, it is associated with a high rate of thromboembolic events (TEE). We analyzed 68 patients who were diagnosed with testicular germ cell tumor and received platinum-based chemotherapy. A total of 19 (28%) patients experienced a TEE following orchiectomy which occurred during chemotherapy in 13 (68%) of these patients. Patients with a higher pathologic stage (stage III) were significantly more likely to experience a TEE compared to patients with a lower stage. Randomized studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of prophylactic anticoagulants are necessary in this young patient population generally without medical co-morbidities.
