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Incidence by Cancer Type
Hypercalcemia occurs more frequently in some malignancies (e.g., squamous cell
cancers of the lung, head, neck, and esophagus) than in others. Within each
disease type, the incidence of hypercalcemia varies greatly in reported series.
The frequency of hypercalcemia in some of the commonly involved neoplastic
disorders is shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Incidence of Hypercalcemia by Tumor Typea
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Tumor Type
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Percentage of Patients
Who Develop Hypercalcemia
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aAdapted from Lang-Kummer.[1]
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| Lung |
27.3 |
| Breast |
25.7 |
| Multiple myeloma |
7.3 |
| Head and neck |
6.9 |
| Unknown primary |
4.7 |
| Lymphoma/leukemia |
4.3 |
| Renal |
4.3 |
| Gastrointestinal |
4.1 |
References
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Lang-Kummer J: Hypercalcemia. In: Groenwald SL, Goodman M, Frogge MH, et al., eds.: Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice. 4th ed. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1997, pp 684-701.
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