Can we optimise treatment of thrombosis?

The occurrence of thromboembolism in patients with cancer complicates their management. Patients with cancer who have established venous thrombosis are at increased risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism and anticoagulant-associated bleeding compared with non-cancer patients. Low-molecular-weight heparins have largely replaced unfractionated heparin as the initial treatment for acute thrombosis and have the advantage that they can be …