


Central nervous system (CNS) lesions, lung disease or nausea causing physiologic increases in ADH secretion.Factors relating to medical treatment (iatrogenic factors).Decreased kidney (renal), adrenal or thyroid function (insufficiency).Malignant illness can cause hyponatraemia in a variety of ways. This is known as the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH ( SIADH), and is easily the most common cause of hyponatraemia in cancer patients.
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Decreased serum sodium levels in cancer patients usually occur due to fluid overload, which is caused by inappropriate levels of hormone that prevents excretion of free water (antidiuretic hormone – ADH). Incidence rates can be much higher in cancer patients, for example between 15-50% in small cell lung cancer. Hyponatraemia occurs in approximately 1% of hospitalised patients.
