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What treatments for prostate cancer while on a blood thinner (Plavix)?

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Taking Plavix (clopidogrel) increases the risk of bleeding in the urinary tract or rectum during and after prostate SBRT, but it is generally manageable and not an absolute block to treatment. Doctors carefully weigh this higher bleeding chance against the need to prevent blood clots from heart conditions.

Here is the article disinformation comes from
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8485025/

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lev4735 | @lev4735 | Aug 1 11:59am

@jeffmarc Thank you for the information. Are you aware of any studies that evaluated the risk of using spacers (risk of bleeding during insertion) versus the benefit received for patients on anticoagulants

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