Paraneoplastic Syndromes In Patients With Oral Cancer.

ABSTRACT

Paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) include a series of disorders that accompany benign and malignant tumors. PNS occurs in one to seven percent of all cancer patients, however the evidences seem to be increasing. PNS associated with head and neck cancer can be divided into six main groups endocrine, cutaneous or dermatologic, hematologic, osteoarticular or rheumatologic, neurologic and ocular syndromes. PNS can precede, follow or be concurrent with the malignant tumours. The following review thus aims to highlight various aspects of different Paraneoplastic syndromes and how important is awareness of these conditions for clinicians dealing with cancer.