Antithrombotic therapy and survival in patients with malignant disease

A broad range of studies suggest a two-way relationship between cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Patients with cancer have consistently been shown to be at elevated risk for VTE; this risk is partly driven by an intrinsic hypercoagulable state elicited by the tumour itself. Conversely, throm...

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Main Authors: Kakkar, A K, Macbeth, F
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315364/