RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA IN PATIENTS WITH SLOW PROGRESSIVE CANCERS
Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vinit Nalawade, Julia Kravchenko · 2023
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Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vinit Nalawade, and Julia Kravchenko examine dementia risk after cancer in this two thousand twenty-three study. They used SEER-Medicare data on Americans aged sixty-five and older. The cancer cohort covered more than two million people diagnosed with one of nine slow-progressing cancers, including breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. A matched non-cancer comparison group of over one million people completed the design.
The team compared Alzheimer's disease and related dementia risk across many age-specific groups for each cancer type. Cancer patients diagnosed between sixty-five and seventy-five showed higher dementia risk than the comparison group. That pattern weakened with older age at diagnosis and eventually turned protective at advanced ages. The authors discuss treatment effects, genetics, and diagnostic practices as possible explanations.
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| CREATOR | Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vinit Nalawade, Julia Kravchenko |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |