Stroke risk factor, pattern and outcome in patients with cancer.
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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Department of Aged Care & Rehabilitation, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. zhangyyun@hotmail.com
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome