[Changes of platelet aggregation in cancer patients].

Aggregation function of platelets was investigated in 119 patients with breast cancer, 17--gastric cancer and 11--cancer of large bowel. Levels of spontaneous and induced aggregation were abnormally high thus contributing to thrombophilic potential. Also, they were a factor of tumor progression and metastatic spread. Risk of thrombotic complication can be reduced and survival improved by administration of antiaggregants.