Stroke among cancer patients

Nicholas G. Zaorsky; Ying Zhang; Leila T. Tchelebi; Heath B. Mackley; Vernon M. Chinchilli; Brad E. Zacharia

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13120-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Stroke among cancer patients

Nicholas G. Zaorsky,
Ying Zhang,
Leila T. Tchelebi,
Heath B. Mackley,
Vernon M. Chinchilli,
Brad E. Zacharia

Affiliations

Nicholas G. Zaorsky: Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute
Ying Zhang: Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
Leila T. Tchelebi: Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute
Heath B. Mackley: Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute
Vernon M. Chinchilli: Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
Brad E. Zacharia: Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State College of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13120-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The risk of fatal stroke is increased in children, adolescent, and young (<40 years) cancer patients after diagnosis. Here, the authors report a retrospective, population-based study and show that the risk of stroke among cancer patients is twice that of the general population and rises with longer follow up time.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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