Obtained scientific evidence that patients with a diagnosis of "lung cancer" have a greater risk of stroke than those who did not put this diagnosis.
Researchers from Taiwan analyzed the medical records of more than 150 000 patients, found that cerebral blood flow often observed in people suffering from lung cancer. Because stroke victims were 26 cancer patients from 1000, whereas among patients who had no lung tumors, stroke occurred in 17 people.
According to specialists, so smoking, which is the main cause of malignant lung tumors, can be considered a risk factor for stroke.
On the study of Taiwanese scientists said the September issue of the journal Stroke.
