A third of patients with advanced cancer have blood clots in their legs

A new study has shown that around one-third of patients with advanced cancer, admitted to specialist palliative care units (SPCU) had a blood clot in the main vein of the leg. The study published in The Lancet Haematology found that despite current thinking, the clots did not appear to shorten life or be associated with clinically significant symptoms. People more likely to have a DVT on admission were those who had had a DVT in the past, or who had been bedbound at any point during the previous three months. However, very few without a DVT on admission developed a clot during their