New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients

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Dr. Paolo Prandoni, of the University of Padua in Italy, wrote in an accompanying editorial that though there's no evidence that warfarin helps prevent catheter-related blood clots in cancer patients, doctors should make an effort to identify people at highest risk of clotting because they might benefit most from anti-clotting treatment.

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology has more about preventing and treating blood clots.

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