Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Θρόμβωση-Αιμορραγία-Ιατρική των μεταγγίσεωνLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Petridis Nikolaos
Supervisors info:
Γαρυπίδου Βασιλεία, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική, ΑΠΘ
Βακαλοπούλου Σοφία, Αν. Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική, ΑΠΘ
Πολίτου Μαριάννα, Αν. Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η προγνωστική αξία των δ-διμερών σε κακοήθεις νεοπλασίες
Translated title:
The prognostic value of d-dimer in malignancies
Summary:
Hemostasis interacts with malignant diseases. Cancer patients have hemostatic disorders without necessarily clinical thrombosis. D-dimer is a biomarker of hemostatic activation and its prognostic and predictive value is under investigation. In this paper, the pathophysiological connection of hemostasis and cancer, mainly metastasis, is presented, along with the literature that studies the prognostic and predictive value of d-dimers in cancer patients mainly without thrombosis. D-dimer may have a possible role in cancer patients' prognosis, but further research is needed for this to be established.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Hemostasis, d-dimer, Cancer, Prognosis, Oncology
Number of references:
112