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  • Title: Stroke risk factor, pattern and outcome in patients with cancer.
    Author: Zhang YY, Chan DK, Cordato D, Shen Q, Sheng AZ.
    Journal: Acta Neurol Scand; 2006 Dec; 114(6):378-83. PubMed ID: 17083337.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate risk factors, stroke pattern and outcome in stroke patients with cancer. METHODS: A retrospective review of all stroke patients with cancer (n = 69) admitted to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia, between January 1999 and December 2004 was conducted, and comparison made to age- and gender-matched non-cancer stroke patients admitted to the same hospital during the same period. RESULTS: Vascular risk factors did not significantly differ between cancer and non-cancer groups. There was a trend towards greater risk of intracerebral haemorrhage in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. Previous deep vein thrombosis was more common, and prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were prolonged in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. More patients died in hospital in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. CONCLUSIONS: Coagulation disorders are more likely to be seen in stroke patients with cancer, and patients with cancer have a higher in-hospital post-stroke mortality.
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