BMANA Journal of BMANA Journal of BMANA Journal of BMANA 2231-2196 0975-5241 88 Medical Association Oncologic Emergencies: Presentations and Principles of Management 28 07 2023 2 1 1 12 This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009 2009 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Patients with cancers often present to emergency department with an acute onset of symptoms, so-called oncologic emergencies. An oncologic emergency may arise as an initial presentation, a consequence of cancer progression or a complication of therapy. Most oncologic emergencies require interdisciplinary management. In this review, we discuss some common oncologic emergencies and principles of their management.