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Does chemotherapy cause a deep vein thrombosis?

April 26, 2017cancer cause chemotherapy Conditions Deep diseases Health thrombosis Vein

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Does chemotherapy cause a deep vein thrombosis?

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no…deep vein thrombosis is caused by : * General o Age o Immobilization longer than 3 days o Pregnancy and the postpartum period o Major surgery in previous 4 weeks o Long plane or car trips (>4 h) in previous 4 weeks * Medical * o Cancer o Previous DVT o Stroke o Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) o Congestive heart failure (CHF) o Sepsis o Nephrotic syndrome o Ulcerative colitis * Trauma * o Multiple trauma o CNS/spinal cord injury o Burns o Lower extremity fractures * Vasculitis o Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the lupus anticoagulant o Behçet syndrome o Homocystinuria * Hematologic * o Polycythemia rubra vera o Thrombocytosis o Inherited disorders of coagulation/fibrinolysis o Antithrombin III deficiency o Protein C deficiency o Protein S deficiency o Prothrombin 20210A mutation o Factor V Leyden o Dysfibrinogenemias and disorders of plasminogen activation * Drugs/medications * o Intravenous drug abuse o Oral contraceptives o Estrogens o Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia