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Risk of recurrent thromboembolic phenomena after ischemic stroke in patients with malignancy
In the 1860s, Trousseau first described the association between cancer and a hypercoagulable state.1 Ironically, he later diagnosed himself with phlebitis and predicted his own death from pancreatic cancer. Secretion of procoagulants by tumor cells, vascular damage secondary to immune response, and iatrogenic injury from chemotherapeutic agents, radiotherapy, and in-dwelling catheters, among other mechanisms, may contribute to hypercoagulability in the setting of cancer.2 This places oncology patients at high risk of cerebrovascular phenomena, which frequently leads to patients' initial diagnosis.3 Despite this well-define...
Source: Neurology - June 30, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Starke, R. M. Tags: EDITORIALS Source Type: research
