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Home-treatment of deep vein thrombosis in patients with cancer.

Walter Ageno, Rebecca Grimwood, Sara Limbiati, Francesco Dentali, L Steidl, Philip S. Wells

PubMed · 2005 · 45 citations · 8 references

Abstract

Home treatment of DVT in cancer patients is safe and feasible in almost two-thirds of cases. Outpatient management of antithrombotic treatment did not increase the rate of adverse events, even if the stage of the disease was advanced.

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