Thrombosis is a common complication in the cancer journey
Thrombosis is a condition in which blood clots block the flow of blood. Clotting is triggered when a blood vessel is injured, when a blood vessel is compressed, or when clotting proteins in the blood are activated by other diseases, like an infection or inflammation. Cancer and its treatments commonly promote all three of these and can result in a life-threatening type of thrombosis called venous thromboembolism (VTE).