Onc Related Hypercalcemia

The most common cancers that actually result in hypercalcemia of malignancy are squamous cell cancers of the lung or head and neck lung. The mechanism is vitamin D activation within the tumor cells so i would say big picture again it really you can do all the kind of temporary measures like fluids and misphosphonates but really it's going to come down to fixing the underlying problem which is the cancer.