Thrombocytosis is linked to increased cancer risk, study finds

A cancer diagnosis should be considered in patients with blood test results showing thrombocytosis even if cancer was not initially suspected, researchers have suggested, after they found it to be a risk marker for cancer in adults.1

Researchers from Exeter, UK, used the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and the English Cancer Registry to look for a link between the results of full blood counts taken in primary care and a diagnosis of cancer in the following …