Coagulation in Cancer

Coagulation in Cancer informs medical professionals working in the field of cancer of the pathophysiologic mechanisms of cancer-related thrombosis and bleeding. It provides assistance in recognizing the various bleeding and clotting disorders associated with cancer and includes current recommendatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kwaan, Hau C. (Editor), Green, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 148
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Alterations in Hemostasis Due to Cancer
  • Dysregulation of Hemostasis by Cancer
  • Effect of Cancer on Platelets
  • Activation of Clotting Factors in Cancer
  • The Role of Plasminogen-Plasmin System in Cancer
  • The Coagulation System and Angiogenesis
  • Thrombotic Disorders Associated with Cancer
  • Overview of Cancer and Thrombosis
  • Risk Factors for Thrombosis in Cancer Patients
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathy Syndromes
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in Cancer
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Thrombophilic Clonal Stem Cell Diseases
  • Chemotherapy-Associated Thrombosis
  • Catheter-Related Thrombosis
  • Thrombosis in Childhood Cancer
  • Treatment of Venous Thrombosis
  • Effects of Anticoagulants on Cancer: Heparins
  • Bleeding Disorders Associated with Cancer
  • Thrombocytopenia and Cancer
  • Bleeding Disorders Associated with Cancer Dysproteinemias
  • Control of Bleeding in Cancer.