Special Issue "Oncologic Emergencies: The Emergency Care of Cancer Patients"
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 928
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oncologic emergencies; venous thromboembolisms; immunotherapy adverse events; sepsis; biomedical informatics
Interests: oncologic emergencies; sepsis; neutropenic fever; thromboembolism; biomarkers; immune-related adverse events; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the number of patients with active cancer is expected to increase, so are visits to the emergency departments and other high-acuity urgent care facilities. Considering the complexity of the presented emergency problems caused by cancer, antineoplastic treatments, and comorbidities, the proper diagnosis and management of oncologic emergencies are vital to addressing the root causes to prevent or minimize any morbidities and mortalities related to these emergency encounters. This Special Issue focuses on common conditions among cancer patients in emergency departments and other urgent care centers. These conditions include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) infection, sepsis, and febrile neutropenia; 2) treatment-related adverse events of cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy; 3) metabolic emergencies, including tumor lysis syndrome and humoral paraneoplastic syndromes; 4) cancer-related complications including venous thromboembolism, malignant spinal cord compression, thoracoabdominopelvic viscus obstructions, and superior vena cava syndrome; and 5) cancer pain.
Dr. Aiham Qdaisat
Prof. Dr. Sai-Ching Jim Yeung
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- emergency
- cancer
- oncologic emergencies
- infections
- sepsis
- adverse events
- venous thromboembolism
- tumor lysis syndrome
- febrile neutropenia
- paraneoplastic syndromes
- spinal cord compression
- obstruction
- cancer pain
- metabolic emergencies
- superior vena cava syndrome
