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RCSI and LEO Pharma partner to investigate blood clotting in breast cancer patients

Tuesday, 26 May 2020: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and LEO Pharma have partnered to better understand the role of a blood clotting protein in the spread of breast cancer.

Cancer patients have a high risk of developing spontaneous blood clots, with up to 20% of cancer patients hospitalised with life-threating complications. As a result, clot formation is the second leading cause of death for all cancer patients.

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