Cancer-Associated Thrombosis: A New Light on an Old Story

• Published in: Diseases Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 34
• Main Authors: Shah, Sidrah, Karathanasi, Afroditi, Revythis, Antonios, Ioannidou, Evangelia, Boussios, Stergios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 04.05.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Blood platelets; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Cytokines; direct oral anticoagulant; Disease prevention; Endothelium; Ethnicity; Heparin; heparins; Histology; Infections; Metastasis; Neutrophils; Ovarian cancer; Patients; Prophylaxis; Proteins; Review; Risk factors; Risk groups; thromboembolism; Thrombosis; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Veins & arteries; Vitamin K

Cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) is a rising and significant phenomenon, becoming the second leading cause of death in cancer patients. Pathophysiology of CAT differs from thrombosis in the non-cancer population. There are additional risk factors for thrombosis specific to cancer including cancer...