Alteraciones trombóticas en el cáncer: Una revisión práctica

The association between cancer and vascular thrombosis has been known since 1865, when Trousseau reported the association between migratory thrombophlebitis in patients with malignant neoplasms; it is now known that cancer patients have a higher risk than the general population for developing vascular thrombosis for the interactions between the patient's factors, the tumor, the factors related to the treatment and certain biomarkers of the disease; however, the clinical presentation of patients with vascular thrombosis does not show differences between the group of patients with cancer, compared with those who do not. Recent studies show that the use of monoclonal antibodies as cancer stromal targeting therapy selectively extravasates tumors by their angiogenesis. There is a relationship between neoplasms and thrombosis to the point that one can predispose directly to the concurrence of the other. Early diagnosis of thrombosis is important as it is the second cause of death in oncological patients and treatment should focus on procedures to treat thrombosis and also to treat neoplasia.