Thrombophilic state in cancer, part I: biology, incidence, and risk factors.

J Surg Oncol

Division of Surgical Oncology, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.

Published: September 2011

The association between malignancy and thrombosis has long been appreciated but remains incompletely understood. This is the first of a two-part review of the complex, integral relationship between these two entities, and addresses the mechanisms and pathogenesis of this relationship and the clinical risk factors for thromboembolism in cancer patients.

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