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Breast Cancer • Medical Oncology • Internal Medicine • HR+ • Thrombosis • Hematology • Breast Cancer, Non-metastatic
Would you use aspirin 81 mg for VTE prophylaxis in patients on adjuvant tamoxifen/SERMs?
Is there data that it actually helps?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
In a meta-analysis of over 30,000 patients, VTE was found in 2.8% of patients on tamoxifen and 1.6% of patients on AI. So, yes there is a higher risk of VTE on tamoxifen but the percentage is still very low. I would not use 81 mg aspirin as VTE prophylaxis in all patients on tamoxifen to rescue or p...
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