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Hypercalcemia of malignancy and new treatment options

Overview of attention for article published in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, December 2015
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Title
Hypercalcemia of malignancy and new treatment options
Published in
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, December 2015
DOI 10.2147/tcrm.s83681
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Hillel Sternlicht, Ilya G Glezerman

Abstract

Hypercalcemia of malignancy affects up to one in five cancer patients during the course of their disease. It is associated with both liquid malignancies, commonly multiple myeloma, leukemia, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma and solid cancers, particularly breast and renal carcinomas as well as squamous cell carcinomas of any organ. The clinical manifestations of hypercalcemia are generally constitutional in nature and not specific to the inciting malignancy. Such physical manifestations can range from malaise to lethargy and confusion. Constipation and anorexia are common. Acute kidney injury is likely the most frequently encountered manifestation of end organ damage. Symptomatology is closely linked to both the absolute elevation of serum calcium levels and the rapidity of calcium rise. The majority of cases are humoral in etiology and related to parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP). Approximately 20% of cases are the result of direct bone metastasis with extra-renal 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol) and ectopic parathyroid hormone production likely accounting for less than 1% of cases. The diagnosis of hypercalcemia of malignancy is confirmed either by an elevated PTHrP or by an evidence of bone metastasis in the appropriate clinical setting. Treatment is predicated on the patient's symptoms and absolute serum calcium level. Interventions are aimed at lowering the serum calcium concentration by inhibiting bone resorption and increasing urinary calcium excretion, the former accomplished via bisphosphonate therapy and the latter with aggressive hydration. Novel therapies for refractory disease include denosumab, a monoclonal antibody against the receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand, and the calcimimetic cinacalcet. Finally, anti-PTHrP antibodies have been successfully deployed in animal models of disease. Despite the efficacy of the above therapies, hypercalcemia of malignancy portends an ominous prognosis, indicating advanced and often refractory cancer with survival on the order of months.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 182 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 30 16%
Student > Postgraduate 22 12%
Student > Bachelor 20 11%
Student > Master 19 10%
Researcher 13 7%
Other 39 21%
Unknown 41 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 85 46%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 4%
Unspecified 5 3%
Other 12 7%
Unknown 53 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 May 2020.
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#2,062,838
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#90
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#2
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