Blood transfusions, thrombosis, and mortality in hospitalized patients with cancer.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on November 24, 2008

Authors

Alok A Khorana1, Charles W Francis, Neil Blumberg, Eva Culakova, Majed A Refaai, Gary H Lyman

Author Affiliations

1: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA. alok_khorana@URMC.rochester.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Risk Factors for Thromboembolic and Infectious Complications Related to Percutaneous Central Venous Catheters in Cancer - Prospective Multicenter Study (ONCOCIP) | NCT02025894

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