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Title Coagulation in cancer / edited by David Green, Hau C. Kwaan
Published New York ; London : Springer, 2009

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Description 1 online resource
Series CTAR ; v. 148
C.T.A.R. ; 148
Cancer treatment and research ; 148
Contents Part I. Alterations in hemostasis due to cancer. Dysregulation of hemostasis by cancer / Dougald M. Monroe and Maureane Hoffman ; Effect of cancer on platelets / David L. Green and Simon Karpatkin ; Activation of clotting factors in cancer / Frederick R. Rickles and Anna Falanga ; The role of plasminogen-plasmin system in cancer / Hau C. Kwaan and Brandon McMahon ; The coagulation system and angiogenesis / Gurinder Sidhu and Gerald A. Soff -- Part II. Thrombotic disorders associated with cancer. Overview of cancer and thrombosis / Axel C. Matzdorff and David Green ; Risk factors for thrombosis in cancer patients / Aneel A. Ashrani and John A. Heit ; Thrombotic microangiopathy syndromes / Anaadriana Zakarija ; Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in cancer / Hussain I. Saba, Genevieve A. Morelli, and Rashid E. Saba ; Myeloproliferative neoplasms : thrombophilic clonal stem cell diseases / Ayalew Tefferi ; Chemotherapy-associated thrombosis / Aneel A. Ashrani and S. Vincent Rajkumar ; Catheter-related thrombosis / César O. Freytes ; Thrombosis in childhood cancer / Geoffrey A. Allen and Rukhmi Bhat ; Treatment of venous thrombosis / Agnes Y.Y. Lee ; Effects of anticoagulants on cancer : heparins / Graham F. Pineo and Russell D. Hull -- Part III. Bleeding disorders associated with cancer. Thrombocytopenia and cancer / Elizabeth A. Eklund ; Bleeding disorders associated with cancer dysproteinemias / Maurizio Zangari, F. Elice, G. Tricot, and L. Fink ; Control of bleeding in cancer / Jaime Pereira
Summary Informs professionals working in the field of cancer about the pathophysiologic mechanisms of cancer-related thrombosis and bleeding. This book offers assistance in recognizing various bleeding and clotting disorders associated with cancer
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Blood coagulation disorders.
Cancer -- Complications.
Neoplasms -- complications
Hemorrhage -- physiopathology
Hemorrhage -- prevention & control
Thrombosis -- physiopathology
Thrombosis -- prevention & control
Blood Coagulation Disorders
MEDICAL -- Hematology.
Blood coagulation disorders.
Cancer -- Complications.
Blood coagulation disorders
Cancer -- Complications
Form Electronic book
Author Green, David
Kwaan, Hau C.
ISBN 9780387799629
0387799621
1282126717
9781282126718
9786612126710
661212671X