title: Critical care of patients with cancer. Surgical considerations.
abstract: Surgical evaluation of and therapy for the critically ill cancer patient continue to present significant challenges despite, or perhaps in part because of, an ongoing technologic refinement of therapeutic modalities within a modern ICU.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Oncologic Surgery, Division of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy