Improvement in prediction of blood clots in cancer patients

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 12:49 in Health & Medicine

For cancer patients, who have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a hyperactive blood coagulation system, there is now an enhanced risk model to predict their chance of developing blood clots, according to a recent study published today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.

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