Link between brain abscess and cancer . . . and other stories
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1977 (Published 18 August 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o1977
Brain abscess and risk of cancer
Follow up of over 1000 patients treated for cerebral abscess revealed that the incidence of cancer was doubled during the first 10 years after diagnosis in comparison with a control group matched for age, sex, and place of residence. No one form of cancer predominated. Neoplasms of the brain and eye, metastatic cancer, respiratory tract cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer occurred at roughly similar frequencies (Neurology doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000200769).
Blood markers for dementia
High plasma levels of phosphorylated tau proteins are associated with Alzheimer pathology in the brain. However, data from a longitudinal study of ageing show that their predictive value for dementia is diminished if other diseases are present. Plasma …
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