1. Thrombosis and cancer : a short history of Trousseau's syndrome / Martin H. Prins and Hans-Martin M.B. Otten -- 2. Pathogenesis of thrombosis in cancer / Anna Falanga, Marina Marchetti, and Alfonso Vignoli -- 3. Platelets and cancer / Abraham Klepfish. [and others] -- 4. The role of blood clotting in tumor metastasis : a case for tissue factor / Maria Benedetta Donati and Roberto Lorenzet -- 5. The fibrinolytic system in cancer / Gilles Lugassy and Abraham Klepfish -- 6. Tumor angiogenesis and blood coagulation / Patricia M. Fernandez, Steven R. Patierno, and Frederick R. Rickles -- 7. Risk of cancer in patients presenting with venous thromboembolism / Andrea Piccioli and Paolo Prandoni -- 8. Thrombotic complications of overt cancer / Gilles Lugassy and Boris Yoffe -- 9. Systemic microangiopathies in the cancer patient / Marcel Levi -- 10. Thrombophilia and the risk of venous thromboembolism in cancer / Ron Hoffman and Benjamin Brenner -- 11. Long-term thrombotic complications in cancer-treated patients : the problem of recurrent venous thromboembolism / Graham F. Pineo and Russell D. Hull -- 12. Prevention of cancer-associated thrombosis : an overview / Mark Levine -- 13. Thromboprophylaxis in cancer surgery / Ajay K. Kakkar and Gloria A. Petralia -- 14. Catheter-related arm-vein thrombosis in patients with cancer / Manuel Monreal -- 15. Prevention and treatment of thrombosis in cancer patients / Hans Klaus Breddin and Rupert Bauersachs -- 16. Antimalignant properties of antithrombotic agents / Clara P.W. Klerk, Susanne M. Smorenburg, and Harry R. B�ller.