Cancer and clots: All cases of venous thromboembolism are not treated the same

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • February 2009,
  • 76
  • (2)
  • 129-135;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.75a.07160

ABSTRACT

Idiopathic venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be the first sign of cancer, although how extensively one should search for cancer in a patient with idiopathic VTE is not clear. Treating VTE is more complex in cancer patients than in those without cancer. The authors discuss their approach to searching for undiagnosed cancer in patients with idiopathic VTE and to managing VTE in patients with cancer.

Footnotes

  • ↵* Dr. Carman has indicated that she has received honoraria from the sanofiaventis corporation for teaching and speaking.

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