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Cancer patient - short breathing & swelling in arm. should i be worried?

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Yes: Could be a blood clot in vein under collarbone (subclavian vein). Have your oncologist do ultrasound, if there you need blood thinners. Shortness of breath would make me worried a clot broke loose and went to the lung (pulmonary embolism). Call your oncologist asap.

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Answered 4/8/2015

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