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SUBMITTER: Ay C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594460 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 20190601 6
Anticoagulation for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be challenging due to complications-including bleeding and potential drug-drug interactions with chemotherapy-associated with vitamin K antagonists and inconvenience of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) could partially overcome these issues, but until recently there were no large clinical trials assessing their efficacy and safety in cancer patients. This review summarizes clinical treatm ...[more]