Hi everyone

My mother is going through the last week of her 6 week radiation. She has one more chemo session left (last of the 5). She was complaining of foot pain earlier this week and yesterday the doctor said she had blood clots (DVT) so they are giving her blood thinner - series of 5 shots. Does anyone know more about why chemo causes blood clots and what we can do perhaps to help the condition.

Thank you!

Helping my mother, Age 58, SCC Stage IV retromolar trigone (behind wisdom tooth), non smoker, never drinks, Surgery on May 3rd - removed part of mandible - titanium plate added, 26 nodes removed - all negative, cancer found on mandible and nerve, margins negative, IMRT (5000 - 6000 rads) x 30 and 5 cisplatin.