This text offers a detailed and authoritative review of the issues involved in the links between thrombosis and haemostasis and cancer, and contains contributions from leading international researchers and clinicians in this field.
Author(s): Gilles Lugassy, Anna Falanga, Ajay K Kakkar, Frederick R. Rickles
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 241
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Thrombosis and cancer: A short history of Trousseau's syndrome......Page 12
Pathogenesis of thrombosis in cancer......Page 22
Platelets and cancer......Page 42
The role of blood clotting in tumor metastasis: A case for tissue factor......Page 58
The fibrinolytic system in cancer......Page 70
Tumor angiogenesis and blood coagulation......Page 80
Risk of cancer in patients presenting with venous thromboembolism......Page 110
Thrombotic complications of overt cancer......Page 120
Systemic microangiopathies in the cancer patient......Page 128
Thrombophilia and the risk of venous thromboembolism in cancer......Page 140
Long-term thrombotic complications in cancer-treated patients: The problem of recurrent venous thromboembolism......Page 148
Prevention of cancer-associated thrombosis: An overview......Page 162
Thromboprophylaxis in cancer surgery......Page 174
Catheter-related arm-vein thrombosis in patients with cancer......Page 190
Prevention and treatment of thrombosis in cancer patients......Page 198
Antimalignant properties of antithrombotic agents......Page 218
Index......Page 234
