Meeting Report EuroG20 Meeting on Cancer-Associated Thrombosis (CAT) Bergamo, Italy 7 April 2016

ABSTRACT

The EuroG20 meeting on cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) convened in Bergamo, Italy on 7 April 2016 to discuss a selection of controversial topics in CAT management. This satellite meeting besides ICTHIC in Bergamo has the objective to propose an European Guidance on CAT in various complex situations where evidence-based guidelines are lacking, driven by eminence-based thoughts of 20 experts and key opinion leaders in thrombosis from EU area and 8 experts from the rest of the world.

KEYWORDS:

• Cancer
• Thrombosis
• Low-Molecular Weight Heparin
• Guidelines

Acknowledgments

The preliminary draft of this meeting summary was prepared by Maria Dalby (Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom) from recordings of the meeting. Financial sponsors of the meeting (travel, etc.) were provided by Leo Pharma A/S (C. Georgakopoulos; Danemark). Extensive revisions were made by all of the authors who shared equally in the production of the final manuscript.