[Risk of thromboembolic complications in cancer patients]

A study of blood coagulation homeostasis in 24 cases of stage IV stomach cancer established grave disorders involving activation of stage II and III coagulation, inhibition of stage II and depletion of the compensatory potential of the fibrinolytic system. Functional tests using highly-specific and standardized methods of contact and phospholipid activation showed malignancy generalization process to be a thrombosis hazard.