A paraneoplastic syndrome is a disease or symptom that is the consequence of cancer in the body but, unlike mass effect, is not due to the local presence of cancer cells. These phenomena are mediated by humoral factors (by hormones or cytokines) excreted by tumor cells or by an immune response against the tumor. Paraneoplastic syndromes are typica...
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(from the article `cancer`) ...10 percent of persons with cancer have signs and symptoms that are not directly related to the location of a tumour or its metastases. Effects ...
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A group of symptoms that may develop when substances released by some cancer cells disrupt the normal function of surrounding cells and tissue.
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<oncology, syndrome> A collection of symptoms or clinical signs that are found in patients that have malignant disease. By definition, the signs and symptoms are not produced by a direct effect of a tumour or its metastasis nor due to direct invasion, compression, metastasis, infection, nutritional deficiency or treatment of the underlying ne...
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(par″ah-ne″o-plas´tik) a collective term for disorders arising from metabolic effects of cancer on tissues remote from the tumor; such disorders may, for example, appear as primary endocrine, hematologic, or neuromuscular disorders.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a syndrome directly resulting from a malignant neoplasm, but not resulting from the presence of tumor cells in the affected parts.
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Paraneoplastic syndrome: The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor. Paraneoplastic syndromes can be due to a number of causes including hormones or other biologically active products made by the tumor, blockade of the effect of a hormone, autoimmunity, immune-complex production, and imm...
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