* A case study is presented about a 31-year-old woman with stage IIIa Hodgkin lymphoma who had a previous deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and was later diagnosed with pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot in the heart.
* The report suggests that doctors should consider offering long-term preventive anticoagulation to cancer patients who have had previous DVT, including those with clots in the upper extremities.