Journal of Integrative Oncology

Consultant, Anesthesiologist-Intensivist Intensive Medicine Department, Greece

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Latest developments and new challenges for Cancer patient in Intensive Care Unit
  Author(s): Evangelia Michail Michailidou*
  
  It has been believed for years that cancer patients have not been referred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) because they have serious and potentially reversible acute illnesses. Fortunately, a variety of tests have shown that this is not the case. Today, the number of cancer patients in ICUs around the world is rising every year, and both longevity and quality of life are growing in the same way. This progress is due to several causes, from progress in anti-tumour therapy to improved patient care in the ICU. We are working towards an individualized and dynamic approach that will be tailored to the form of tumor and the immune response of the patient. The prognosis of vital cancer patients is time-dependent and so ICU-intensive patients must face the difficulty of making a successful selection of patients for early admission and efficient diagnosis and care. Oncological and h.. Read More»
  

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