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Neurological manifestation of cancer – paraneoplastic syndromes Cover

Neurological manifestation of cancer – paraneoplastic syndromes

Open Access
|Jul 2021

Abstract

Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes (NPS) belong to a heterogeneous group of disorders affecting the nervous system. NPS occur as a result of immunological reaction to the tumor. As a result, the isolated syndrome is formed and manifests itself in many different ways, for example: limbic encephalitis, ataxia, dominant cerebellar degeneration, psychiatric disturbances, myasthenia gravis or diffuse encephalomyelitis. Detection of NPS is solely based on the presence of specific anti-neural antibodies. Although NPS had been previously considered unresponsive to therapy, some research has shown that there are effective therapies, including cancer- and immunotherapy targeted therapies.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2021-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2300-6676 | Journal ISSN: 2084-980X
Language: English
Page range: 74 - 76
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2021
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Accepted on: May 20, 2021
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Published on: Jul 15, 2021
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Katarzyna Szklener, Slawomir Mandziuk, published by Sciendo
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