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Cancer link to Alzheimer disease, but not vascular dementia

Nature Reviews Neurology volume 6, page 124 (2010)Cite this article

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individuals with AD ... had a lower risk of future hospitalization for cancer...

A team led by Cathy Roe at Washington University School of Medicine has found an association between Alzheimer disease (AD) and cancer risk, with the presence of one condition reducing the chances of subsequent diagnosis of the other. Common neurodegenerative mechanisms underlying cancer and AD could be responsible for this phenomenon, as no link with vascular dementia (VaD) was observed.

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  1. Roe, C. M. et al. Cancer linked to Alzheimer disease but not vascular dementia. Neurology 74, 106–112 (2010)

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Beal, E. Cancer link to Alzheimer disease, but not vascular dementia. Nat Rev Neurol 6, 124 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2010.7

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