Comparing Hb, platelet and leukocyte counts, patients with localized G2 soft tissue sarcoma with a positive history of VTE (n = 3) exhibited significantly lower Hb-values whereas the platelet and leukocyte counts were significantly higher compared to healthy controls (p = 0.0003, p = 0.0018 and p = 0.0032, respectively; Table 3). The gene discussed is GSTM1; the disease is soft tissue sarcoma.