More than 20 percent of all blood clots in veins occur in cancer patients. These clots, also known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), pose serious threats for cancer patients. Nigel Key, MB, ChB, FRCP, director of the UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, is lead author of an advisory opinion on research priorities to address VTE in cancer patients.
Published this month in Cancer Research, the journal for the American Association for Cancer Research, Key’s article highlights research priorities that cancer and blood researchers identified during a strategic workshop convened jointly by the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
