title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the sigmoid colon presenting with severe hypercalcemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX. Electronic address: hawa.edriss@ttuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Hawa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Edriss
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nugent
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
keywords: Chemotherapy; Colonic obstruction; Gastrointestinal malignancy; Hepatic metastasis; PTH-related protein