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Cancer > Embolism
The following information is about Embolism.
Embolism Defined
A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.
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Published August 25, 2008, 2:38 pm, Scientific American
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the National Football League Player's Association--the union for NFL players--died late Wednesday evening of pancreatic cancer while vacationing in California's Lake Tahoe. Doctors diagnosed the 63-year-old Hall of Fame offensive lineman with the disease just four days earlier. [More]
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Off-site Embolism Links, User Submitted
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- NewAgeTouch Massage: Superior Vena Cava sounds like some Greek mythological creature huh? Well, it?s only a location within the circulatory system that is talking about veins, but not just any veins the two largest within the human body.
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- Aidsmap | Study looks at blood clot risk for patients with HIV: HIV-positive individuals have an incidence of venous blood clots, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, some ten-fold higher than that seen in the general population
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- Antiphospholip id Syndrome Symptoms: I always forget the name of this syndrome, so I'm putting in lots of tags to find it the next time I forget its name
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