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  • cure-ious
    cure-ious Posts: 3,128
    edited February 24

    Also, I have been ruminating on the recent death of actress Catherine O'Hara, who died of a pulmonary embolism that was apparently a secondary consequence to her cancer. Although we hear from time to time about increased risks of blood clots just from having cancer (like the cancer debris from dead cells floating in the bloodstream?) I was surprised to learn its the second most common cause of death for cancer patients, and that many of our drugs also carry with them blood clot risks, not just chemos but some targeted drugs like Verzenio and others. It might be worth a podcast to heighten awareness, though I'm not sure what most of us could do to protect ourselves. Some stats would be useful, maybe the increased scans we get are actually helpful if they find lung clots early ? and I wonder how often scans do pick up lung clots in cancer patients compared to the general population

  • @cure-ious I've found an expert, a researcher at NYU Langone. I'm working to schedule a podcast on histotripsy in April. Thank you so much for your suggestion!

    Jamie

  • @cure-ious I found an expert at NYU Langone and am working to schedule a podcast in April. Thank you!