Does Thrombocytosis = Cancer?
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2017
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
A new study links an increased platelet count with an increased risk of lung/colorectal cancer. This might be the only indicator in those patients who are otherwise asymptomatic.
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Medscape article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/880621?nlid=115163_429&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_170530_mscpedit_fmed&uac=228854SN&spon=34&impID=1357773&faf=1#vp_1
Study link: http://bjgp.org/content/early/2017/05/22/bjgp17X691109
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| 0:00.0 | All right, today we're going to be talking about an article that I read on Medscape |
| 0:04.3 | regarding a new study that links thrombocytosis with an increased risk of cancer, |
| 0:09.5 | specifically lung and colorectal cancer. Now before we get into the topic today, before we get into |
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| 0:58.8 | going to get into a new study that was recently published on May 22nd and I recently found this article on |
| 1:06.2 | Medscape and I'm going to put the link to both the Medscape article and the |
| 1:14.0 | the link to the study in the bio here in the profile for YouTube and for those listening on the podcast as well. |
| 1:19.0 | Now the article is regarding a cohort study that was titled clinical relevance of thrombocytosis in primary care. |
| 1:26.3 | This was published in the British Journal of General Practice. |
| 1:29.7 | Now this was interesting because it linked thrombocytosis, specifically those patients |
| 1:34.8 | with no other symptoms as having an increased risk. |
| 1:38.3 | And what they say is that 11% of men and 6% of women with thombocytosis were diagnosed with cancer the following year. |
| 1:47.0 | They also state that one-third of patients who went on to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer |
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