Paraneoplastic syndromes in lung cancer and their management

Asad Anwar; Firas Jafri; Sara Ashraf; Mohammad Ali S Jafri; Michael Fanucchi

doi:10.21037/atm.2019.04.86

Paraneoplastic syndromes in lung cancer and their management

Ann Transl Med. 2019 Aug;7(15):359. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.04.86.

Authors

Asad Anwar¹, Firas Jafri¹, Sara Ashraf², Mohammad Ali S Jafri³, Michael Fanucchi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
² Department of Hematology/Oncology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
³ Department of Hematology/Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Abstract

Paraneoplastic syndromes are most frequently associated with lung cancer. This review considers a variety of paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer and discusses their pathophysiology, clinical features and management options.

Keywords: Paraneoplastic syndromes; lung cancer; thoracic oncology.

Publication types

Review