Open AccessAltered fibrin clot properties in advanced lung cancer: impact of chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Grzegorz Królczyk,
Michał Ząbczyk,
Grzegorz Czyżewicz,
Krzysztof Plens,
Shan M. Prior,
Saulius Butenas,
Anetta Undas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.19
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , fibrin , chemotherapy , cancer , intensive care medicine , oncology , surgery , immunology
Faster formation of dense and poorly lyzable fibrin networks have been reported in patients at risk of thromboembolism, including cancer patients. We sought to investigate whether chemotherapy affects plasma fibrin clot properties and their determinants in lung cancer patients.
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