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Activation of Clotting Factors in Cancer

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Coagulation in Cancer

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 148))

Evidence for “hypercoagulability” is commonly found in patients with cancer and increases the risk of thromboembolism (TE) [1]. While the pathophysiology of TE in cancer is complex, it can be viewed classically as related to abnormalities of Virchow’s triad: stasis of the blood; vascular injury; hypercoagulability (or, as described by Virchow himself, as “abnormalities of the fixed elements of the blood”) [2]. Epidemiologic, laboratory, pathologic and clinical evidence supports this important association. However, association is clearly not the same as causation and, until recently, TE was thought largely to be an epiphenomenon in cancer – a secondary manifestation of the inflammatory response to tumor growth and/or to the therapy (e.g. chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy).

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    Rickles, F.R., Falanga, A. (2009). Activation of Clotting Factors in Cancer. In: Kwaan, H., Green, D. (eds) Coagulation in Cancer. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 148. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79962-9_3

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