Part I. Alterations in hemostasis due to cancer -- Dysregulation of hemostasis by cancer / Dougald M. Monroe and Maureane Hoffman -- Effect of cancer on platelets / David L. Green and Simon Karpatkin -- Activation of clotting factors in cancer / Frederick R. Rickles and Anna Falanga -- The role of plasminogen-plasmin system in cancer / Hau C. Kwaan and Brandon McMahon -- The coagulation system and angiogenesis / Gurinder Sidhu and Gerald A. Soff -- Part II. Thrombotic disorders associated with cancer -- Overview of cancer and thrombosis / Axel C. Matzdorff and David Green -- Risk factors for thrombosis in cancer patients / Aneel A. Ashrani and John A. Heit -- Thrombotic microangiopathy syndromes / Anaadriana Zakarija -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in cancer / Hussain I. Saba, Genevieve A. Morelli, and Rashid E. Saba -- Myeloproliferative neoplasms: thrombophilic clonal stem cell diseases / Ayalew Tefferi -- Chemotherapy-associated thrombosis / Aneel A. Ashrani and S. Vincent Rajkumar -- Catheter-related thrombosis / César O. Freytes -- Thrombosis in childhood cancer / Geoffrey A. Allen and Rukhmi Bhat -- Treatment of venous thrombosis / Agnes Y.Y. Lee -- Effects of anticoagulants on cancer: heparins / Graham F. Pineo and Russell D. Hull -- Part III. Bleeding disorders associated with cancer -- Thrombocytopenia and cancer / Elizabeth A. Eklund -- Bleeding disorders associated with cancer dysproteinemias / Maurizio Zangari, F. Elice, G. Tricot, and L. Fink -- Control of bleeding in cancer / Jaime Pereira