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Do you routinely prescribe anticoagulation for patients on active chemotherapy?

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Gynecologic Oncology · Rutgers RWJ Medical School

This is dependent on the risk factors of the patient for the development of VTE. Recently published ASCO guidelines (JCO 2019) incorporated the additional recommendation of VTE prophylaxis for high risk outpatients receiving chemotherapy with either eliquis, xarelto, or LMWH. The Khorana scoring sys...

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