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Preventing Cancers by Modifying Risk Factors

CTVS

New research shows that many cases of cancer and resulting deaths could have been prevented if Americans modified some of their unhealthy lifestyle habits.

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Sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cancer in the general population: insights from the Paris-SDEC registry

Heart BMJ

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. We aimed to assess the characteristics and outcomes of SCA according to cancer history. Results Out of 4069 patients who had SCA admitted alive in hospital, 207 (5.1%) had current or past medical history of cancer.

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Increases in HCV-Related Liver Cancer Incidence, Mortality Suggest Rising Global Health Burden

HCPLive

Investigators examined data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors study 2019 to describe the global, regional, and national burden of liver cancer due to hepatitis C since 1990.

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Trends of Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality in Breast Cancer in the United States From 1999 to 2019

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 19 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Mohil Garg, Patrick Creechan, Anita Sadeghpour, Dmitry Abramov, Sourbha S. Dani, Sarju Ganatra, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Erin D. Michos, Arunima Misra, Anita Deswal, Nicolas L. Palaskas, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas

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National- and State-Level Trends in Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries for Stroke During 2013 to 2019 in the United States

Stroke Journal

The number of stroke deaths in the United States in individuals aged ≥65 years also increased from 109 602 in 2013 to 129 193 in 2019 (17.9% In 2013, stroke was the sixth most common primary diagnosis for Medicare hospice, while in 2019 it was the third most common, surpassed only by cancer and dementia. from 78 812 to 160 884.

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Abstract TP230: Atrial Fibrillation and Short-Term Outcomes After Cancer-Related Ischemic Stroke

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer are both independently associated with worse outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Few studies have evaluated the impact of AF on outcomes of cancer-related stroke. The primary exposure was a diagnosis of AF. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality.

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Abstract TP120: Racial Disparities and Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Postmenopausal Women Hospitalized for Stroke: A Nationwide Analysis, 2019

Stroke Journal

We also sought to identify independent predictors of mortality based on race.Methods:We queried the 2019 National Inpatient Sample to identify stroke hospitalizations in women aged >55 years by using ICD-10 CM codes. 95%, p- 0.017), cancer (OR: 1.27 Demographics were analyzed after stratifying the population by race.