Background End-of-life (EOL) communication is crucial, particularly for cancer patients.
While advanced care planning is still uncommon, we sought to investigate its impact on care …

Introduction. Decisions regarding whether advanced cancer patients should be admitted to
the ICU are based on a complex suite of considerations, including short‐and long‐term …

Introduction Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Due to increasing
comorbidities, age and aggressive chemotherapy, care of cancer patients in intensive care …

Background Patients with cancer have a high use of health care utilization at the end of life,
which can frequently involve admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU). We sought to …

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify the predictors of short-term mortality in
patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). MATERIALS AND …

A reliable prognostic score for minimizing futile treatments in advanced cancer patients with
septic shock is rare. A machine learning (ML) model to classify the risk of advanced cancer …

Every sixth to eighth European intensive care unit patient suffers from an underlying
malignant disease. A large proportion of these patients present with cancer-related …

In 2016, there was an estimated 1.8 million new cases of cancer diagnosed in the United
States. Remarkable advances have been made in cancer therapy and the 5-year survival …

The presence of pre-existing malignancy in murine hosts results in increased immune
dysregulation and risk of mortality following a septic insult. Based on the known systemic …

Background Mortality is significantly higher in septic patients with cancer than in septic
patients without a history of cancer. We have previously described a model of pancreatic …