Thrombosis and cancer

Cancers as coagulant mosaics

Cancers are potent inducers of abnormal blood clotting, which usually heralds a more aggressive course of the disease...

In 1865, Armand Trousseau famously described unexplained thrombotic events as a first manifestation of occult...

Breast cancer patients have a three-to four fold increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) when compared to women...

Cancer patients have 4-7 fold increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with a general population ....

Since the publication of the SELECT-D trial1 and the Hokusai-VTE Cancer study2, there has been a shift in the...

Introduction Once considered a condition of adults or the elderly, venous thromboembolism (VTE) is now being recognized...

Cancer is a well-recognized risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and several risk prediction models have been...

Patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors have a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), occurring in 20-30%...

The coagulation system of neonates and children evolves with age, as evidenced by marked physiological differences in...

While knowledge of arterial thromboembolism prevalence and risk factors among adult cancer patients is currently...