title: Balancing bleeding in brain metastases.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Donato et al report that treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with anticoagulation does not increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in patients with solid tumors metastatic to the brain.
authors.affiliation: BLOODCENTER OF WISCONSIN; MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN.
authors.forename: Lisa Baumann
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1171-0548
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kreuziger
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D017984:Enoxaparin