# OnCo record vte (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/vte/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "vte" ;
  schema:name "Venous thromboembolism (VTE)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "VTE"@en, "thromboembolism"@en, "venous thromboembolism"@en, "thromboembolic events"@en, "thromboembolic"@en, "thrombosis"@en, "thrombotic events"@en, "deep vein thrombosis"@en, "DVT"@en, "pulmonary embolism"@en, "blood clots"@en, "blood clot"@en, "anticoagulation"@en, "anticoagulant"@en, "thromboprophylaxis"@en, "low-molecular-weight heparin"@en, "LMWH"@en, "DOAC"@en, "DOACs"@en, "Khorana score"@en, "arterial thromboembolism"@en, "anticoagulants"@en ;
  schema:description "Blood clots in the leg veins or lungs. Cancer makes blood clot more easily and some treatments (IMiDs, anti-VEGF drugs, hormone therapy, central lines, surgery) add risk; clots are the second commonest cause of death in cancer patients after the cancer itself."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/vte/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venous_thrombosis> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venous_thrombosis>, <https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/information-and-support/managing-symptoms-and-side-effects/blood-clots-in-a-vein-dvt-and-pancreatic-cancer/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt/>, <https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/information-and-support/treatments-for-pancreatic-cancer/chemotherapy/side-effects-of-chemotherapy/> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/imid/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/antiangiogenic-toxicities/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/central-venous-access/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-associated-thrombosis/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/lenalidomide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/thalidomide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/bevacizumab/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/tamoxifen/> .