Cancer-associated stroke: Pathophysiology, detection and management (Review)

• Published in: International journal of oncology Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 779 - 796
• Main Authors: Dardiotis, Efthimios, Aloizou, Athina-Maria, Markoula, Sofia, Siokas, Vasileios, Tsarouhas, Konstantinos, Tzanakakis, Georgios, Libra, Massimo, Kyritsis, Athanassios, Brotis, Alexandros, Aschner, Michael, Gozes, Illana, Bogdanos, Dimitrios, Spandidos, Demetrios, Mitsias, Panayiotis, Tsatsakis, Aristidis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece Spandidos Publications 01.03.2019; Spandidos Publications UK Ltd; D.A. Spandidos
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Anticoagulants - therapeutic use; Biomarkers - analysis; Blood coagulation disorders; Brain cancer; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cancer therapies; Cancer treatment; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Complications and side effects; Development and progression; Diagnostic imaging; Disease; Endocarditis; Epidemiology; Fibrin; Hemorrhage; Hospital patients; Humans; Hypercoagulation; Infection; Infection - complications; Infection - physiopathology; Ischemia; Kidney cancer; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Medical diagnosis; Melanoma; Metastasis; Multiple myeloma; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - physiopathology; Neoplasms - therapy; Nervous system; Neuroimaging; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Retirement benefits; Risk Factors; Small intestine; Stroke; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - drug therapy; Stroke - etiology; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke patients; Surgery; Thrombophilia - complications; Thrombophilia - physiopathology; Thyroid gland; Tissue plasminogen activator; Tissue Plasminogen Activator - therapeutic use; Tumors

Numerous types of cancer have been shown to be associated with either ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. In this review, the epidemiology and pathophysiology of stroke in cancer patients is discussed, while providing vital information on the diagnosis and management of patients with cancer and stroke....