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Types of occult cancer in stroke and the relation to smoking.

Anne Julie TybjergAlejandro Daniel BaboreTom Skyhøj OlsenKlaus Kaae Andersen
Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2020)
Stroke patients' increased risk of occult cancer was predominantly for smoking-related cancers while there was no higher risk for the most frequent cancers unrelated to smoking, that is, prostate and breast cancers. Lung cancer is the dominant type of occult cancer in stroke.
Keyphrases
  • papillary thyroid
  • squamous cell
  • smoking cessation
  • atrial fibrillation
  • prostate cancer
  • childhood cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • young adults