Most cancer-related blood clots occur in outpatients
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- In a study of nearly 18,000 cancer patients, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found that when blood clots develop a well-known and serious complication of cancer treatment 78 percent of the time they occur when a person is out of the hospital, at home or elsewhere, while on chemotherapy.