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Can Chemotherapy Of Breast Cancer Causes Thrombosis?
Hello My sister is a breast cancer patient and is currently undergoing (4) ac chemo treatments which she just completed and will start (12) Taxil treatments next. She was diagnosed with thrombosis yesterday after having a doppler. Could chemo cause this?
Wed, 23 Jul 2014
Not very much common but yes chemo can cause thrombosis.. You need to consult your oncologist regarding any requirement in revising the treatment according to the symptoms and severity of thrombosis..
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