[Venous thromboembolism (VTE) - current diagnosis and therapy, with special attention towards oncologic patients].

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or with the common name venous thromboembolism (VTE) are frequent manifestations of pathologic hemostasis in malignancies, thereby contributing to the large number of patients despite recent developments in thrombosis prevention. In the present paper up-to-date practice of diagnosis and therapy will be discussed partly based on the author's previous publications on epidemiology and prophylaxis of VTE in oncological patients.