The conundrum of hypercalcaemia in malignancy occurring in the absence of extensive bony metastases was finally solved in the late 1980s with the identification and cloning of PTHrP (parathyroid ...

This was a retrospective cohort study of UK primary care patients in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD)—now the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. These data include all diagnoses and ...

Calcium is involved in numerous cellular physiological processes, such as membrane function, enzyme activity, clotting pathways, muscle contraction, and excitation-stimulus response coupling. The ...

Hypercalcaemia can precipitate or exacerbate bone pain, and bone pain due to hypercalcaemia responding poorly to treatment (NHS Highland, 2012). Severe symptoms of hypercalcaemia include ileus, ...

High levels of calcium in blood, a condition known as hypercalcaemia, can be used by GPs as an early indication of certain types of cancer, according to a study by researchers from the universities of ...

A study published in the British Journal of Cancer discovered a correlation between hypercalcaemia and the risk of cancer, specifically in males. Hypercalcaemia is the most common metabolic disorder ...

High levels of calcium in blood, a condition known as hypercalcaemia, can be used by GPs as an early indication of certain types of cancer, according to a study by researchers from the universities of ...

Hypercalcaemia â an abnormally high level of calcium in the blood â is common in advanced cancer. It can often be successfully treated, whether with bisphosphonates or the human monoclonal antibody ...