Thromboembolic complications after perioperative chemotherapy in women with early breast cancer: a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Breast Cancer Cooperative Group study.

Abstract

These results suggest a contributing role of perioperative chemotherapy to thromboembolic disease, especially in postmenopausal women and women undergoing mastectomy. Antithrombosis prophylaxis should be considered in the case of adjuvant perioperative chemotherapy.