Endocrine Abstracts

Hypercalcemia is a frequent metabolic disorder in metastatic breast cancer (BC). Aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of hypercalcemia due to PHPT in BC patients. The study group included 271 consecutive BC, mean age±S.D. 57.7±11.96 yrs. 100/271(36.9%) evaluated at different times after mastectomy (A) and 171(63.1%) before surgery (B), with no distant metastases. Age matched control group included 108 healthy women (Co) and 70 women with thy...