Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban: Insights Into Bleeding Risk in Acute VTE – MASCC
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Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban: Insights Into Bleeding Risk in Acute VTE – MASCC

The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), shared on LinkedIn:

“In our latest Supportive Care Digest, Dr. Mélanie Janson discusses the results of the COBRRA study, which suggests that bleeding side effects are lower with apixaban than rivaroxaban as curative anticoagulation therapy for acute venous thromboembolism.

Original publication from Dr. Lana Castellucci and colleagues.”

Title: Bleeding Risk with Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban in Acute Venous Thromboembolism

Authors: Lana A. Castellucci, Vivien M. Chen, Michael J. Kovacs, Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Peter Greenstreet, Susan Kahn, Benoit Côté, Sam Schulman, Kerstin de Wit, James Douketis, Deepa Suryanarayan, Tony Wan, Erik Yeo, Genevieve Le Templier, Huyen A. Tran, Abbey Willcox, Helen J. Crowther, Ritam Prasad, Sudeep Shivakumar, Etimbuk Umana, Fionnuala Ni Ainle, Tobias Tritschler, Stefano Barco, Jean-Philippe Galanaud, Marc Blondon, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, Susan Solymoss, Clive Kearon, Erin Thomas, Tim Ramsay, Gregoire Le Gal, Marc Rodger

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