The crosstalk between Stroke and Cancer: Incidence of cancer after a first-ever cerebrovascular event in a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the cancer incidence after the first-ever cerebrovascular event (CVE) and compare it to the cancer incidence in the population from the same region.

Methods

We evaluated 1069 patients with a first-ever CVE (Ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack) from a prospective population registry of stroke and transient focal neurological attacks, diagnosed between 2009 and 2011. We conducted a structured search to identify cancer-related variables and case-fatality for a period of 8 years following CVE. Cancer incidence in CVE patients was compared to the North Region Cancer Registry (RORENO).

Results

We found that 90/1069 (8.4%) CVE patients developed cancer after a first-ever CVE. Overall cancer annual incidence rate was higher

SUBMITTER: Vaz CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472965 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature