Hypercalcemia in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) is one of the most common metabolic complications associated with cancer. A retrospective study of hypercalcemia in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity was undertaken. All patients were periodically monitored for their serum level of calcium (Ca). Hypercalcemia was defined as a serum Ca concentration higher than 11 mg/dl of the correction for serum albumin concentration. The serum...