Oncological emergencies are defined as any acute possible morbid or life-threatening
events in patients with cancer either because of the malignancy or because of their …

Introduction. It is now known that cancer is a major public health problem; on the other hand,
it is less known, or rather, often underestimated, that a significant percentage of cancer …

Oncological emergencies are defined as an acute life-threatening event in a patient with a
tumor occurring as part of their complex treatment regimen or secondarily to their underlying …

Oncologic emergencies can occur at any time during the course of a malignancy, from the
presenting symptom to end‐stage disease. Although some of these conditions are related to …

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients frequently visit the emergency department (ED) with
various symptoms of cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical …

Curing of the patient, prolonging of life, and avoiding premature death should be the primary
focus of the cancer care team in the care of the patient. Fortunately, with advances in clinical …

Remarkable progress has been made over the past decade in cancer medicine.
Personalized medicine, driven by biomarker predictive factors, novel biotherapy, novel …

Specialized care for cancer-related emergencies and acute conditions has evolved into a
new discipline-a hybrid of oncology and emergency medicine. However, most cancer …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer may be referred for a palliative care consultation
(PC) from a hospital emergency center (EC) or as inpatients. However, research about …

Objective: It is difficult to provide optimal care to people with advanced cancer presenting to
emergency departments (EDs). Recent data suggest that the ED environment, the skills and …