🩸 Bleeding & Cancer Risk in AF Patients on Anticoagulants 🏥

🔎 Study Goal: Investigate the link between bleeding after anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and new cancer diagnoses.

📊 Findings:

✅ Bleeding 4X increases the risk of cancer diagnosis (HR: 4.0).

🔴 GI Bleeding → 15.4X risk of GI Cancer

🟠 GU Bleeding → 11.8X risk of GU Cancer

🟡 Respiratory Bleeding → 10.1X risk of Lung Cancer

⏳ Median time to cancer diagnosis: 45 days.

🚑 Earlier-stage cancers detected after bleeding (Stage 4: 27.6% vs. 31.3%).

💡 Clinical Takeaways:

🛑 Don't ignore bleeding! It may indicate occult cancer.

🔬 Prioritize timely investigations (e.g., endoscopy, cystoscopy).

📑 Guidelines needed for cancer screening after bleeding in anticoagulated patients.