title: Oncological emergencies
text: # Oncological emergencies
  
  Oncological emergencies are a group of conditions that occur as a direct or indirect result of cancer or its treatment that are potentially life-threatening
  
  These include:
  
  * Hypercalcaemia
  * Neutropaenic sepsis
  * Tumour lysis syndrome
  * Leukostasis
  * Raised intracranial pressure
  * Spinal cord compression
  * Cauda equina syndrome
  * Superior vena cava obstruction
  * Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)
  * Disseminated intravascular coagulation
  