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Lecture 12: Thrombosis in Cancer
Gerald A Soff, MD
Presentation Date:
December 11, 2025
> Venous thromboembolism (VTE), is major source of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients.
> Incidence rates of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) vary with cancer type, stage, treatment, and comorbidities, but it is estimated that approximately 15-20 % of cancer patients will develop a venous thromboembolic episode at some point during the course of their illness.
Gerald A Soff MD
Chief, Classical Hematology Service
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center,
University of Miami Health System
gas199@Miami.edu
Left: Armand Trousseau
(14 October 1801 – 23 June 1867)
Widely creditted as the first to describe the association of cancer and a hypercoagulable state.
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