Cancer patients and awareness of venous thromboembolism

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-45

  Sousou, Tarek ^a   Khorana, Alok A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Survey; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; AWARENESS; BLOOD COAGULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449159598     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357900902744544     Document Type: Article

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