Tumors have the potential to cause blood clots. Blood clots are a relatively common complication in tumor patients.
On the one hand, due to the long-term bed rest of tumor patients, or the symptoms of upper vena cava compression of the veins, all of them are easy to lead to blood stasis and formation of thrombus in patients.
On the other hand, repeated venous puncture of tumor patients in the course of treatment, or due to the use of contrast agents, chemotherapeutic drugs, anti-angiogenic drugs, etc., cause damage to the vessel wall, and tumor cells can activate the coagulation pathway, and at the same time, prompt the generation of coagulation substances, inhibit platelets, vascular endothelial cell anticoagulant activity, resulting in hypercoagulable state of the blood and the formation of blood clots.
During the treatment of tumor patients, preventive anticoagulation therapy should be used according to their own conditions under the advice of doctors to prevent the formation of blood clots.
There is no way to completely prevent tumor-induced thrombosis, and patients are advised to choose the correct treatment method under the guidance of doctors. It is also possible to increase limb activities appropriately to slow down the formation of blood clots.