Adult patients with active cancer ( defined as histologic diagnosis of cancer and receiving anticancer therapy or diagnosed with , or received such therapy , within the previous @ months ) and objectively documented proximal deep vein thrombosis ( DVT ) or pulmonary embolism , with a life expectancy greater than @ months and without contraindications for anticoagulation , were followed up for @ days and for @ days after the last study medication dose for collection of safety data .