Endovascular treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke and cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Danilo CaimanoFederica LetteriFrancesco CapassoNicola LimbucciPatrizia NenciniCristina SartiFana AlemsegedGuido BigliardiAndrea MorottiDanilo ToniAndrea ZiniFrancesco Arba

Published in: European stroke journal (2022)

Patients with acute ischemic stroke and cancer have similar EVT recanalization but higher probability of functional dependence, death, and any hemorrhagic transformation, though not necessarily symptomatic, compared with patients without cancer. Our results may help communication with patients and carers.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
end stage renal disease
papillary thyroid
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
squamous cell
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
young adults