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Adjuvant therapy in breast cancer and venous thromboembolism.
Thrombosis research - 1 Oct 2012
Mandalà Mario, Tondini Carlo
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer patients are considered to be at relatively low risk of developing a TEE. The highest incidence of VTE events occurs in metastatic breast cancer patients likely due to extension of disease, immobility for pathologic bone fractures, cancer cachexia and venous compression by the tumour mass. Although thrombosis is less common in patients with early stage cancer compared to those with more advanced...
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