Endovascular Therapy is Effective for Large Vessel Occlusion Despite Concurrent Cancer

This single center retrospective series of active cancer patients undergoing thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion demonstrates similar rates of recanalization, post-operative hemorrhage, and good outcomes. While the active cancer group has a high short-term mortality, the potential to maintain quality of life in the survivors makes thrombectomy reasonable in this patient population. Awareness of ischemic stroke as a complication of cancer and the safety of thrombectomy in this population are important as this population subtype is expected to grow with improved oncology and stroke care.