A scoping review protocol on diagnostic strategies to detect occult malignancies in individuals with ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging data show an increased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with a new diagnosis of cancer. As the risk of stroke begins to increase 150 days before cancer is diagnosed, stroke may be the first clinical manifestation of undiagnosed cancer. About 6% of patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke (unknown etiology after diagnostic evaluations) are diagnosed with cancer within one year. However, the optimal cancer screening strategy in this population is not known. We aim to conduct a scoping review of screening strategies for occult cancer in individuals with ischemic stroke.

Methods

Electronic databases including MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost) and Scopus will be systematically searched to identify articles that report on screening strategie

SUBMITTER: Leentjens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10361530 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature