ROLE OF ONCONEURAL ANTIBODIES OF PARANEOPLASTIC POLYNEUROPATHY IN EARLY CANCER DETECTION

Abstract

The present study shows significance of onco-neural antibodies as markers of paraneoplastic polyneuropathy in early cancer detection. Symptoms of polyneuropathy occurred at least 6 months before tumor detection in 2/3 patients, neuronal antibodies were detected in blood serum of more than 50 % of patients.

Keywords

• paraneoplastic polyneuropathy
• onco-neural antibodies
• breast cancer
• small cell lung cancer