Parenteral anticoagulation in patients with cancer who have no therapeutic or prophylactic indication for anticoagulation.

Link to article at PubMed

Parenteral anticoagulation in patients with cancer who have no therapeutic or prophylactic indication for anticoagulation.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;1:CD006652

Authors: Akl EA, Gunukula S, Barba M, Yosuico VE, van Doormaal FF, Kuipers S, Middeldorp S, Dickinson HO, Bryant A, Schünemann H

Anticoagulation may improve survival in patients with cancer through an antitumor effect in addition to the perceived antithrombotic effect.

PMID: 21249680 [PubMed - in process]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *