Background Surgical resection remains the best option for long-term survival in many solid
tumors. Surgery can, however, lead to tumor cell release into the circulation. Data have …

Purpose Cancer-related mortality, a leading cause of death worldwide, is often the result of
metastatic disease recurrence. Anesthetic techniques have varying effects on innate and …

Although there is a biologically plausible story, evidence for the action of opioids on cancer
is mixed. Indeed, it may even be that in the chronic setting morphine has a beneficial effect …

… Natalie Pattison is a senior clinical nursing research fellow, Geraldine O’Gara is a nurse
researcher, and Timothy Wigmore is divisional medical director and consultant in critical care …

Objectives Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may predict which patients are at risk
for adverse outcomes after major abdominal surgery. The primary aim of this study was to …

The intensive care units in North West London are part of one of the oldest critical care
networks in the UK, forming a mature and established strategic alliance to share resources, …

Cancer patients make up B15% of all admissions to intensive care 1, a figure that is likely to
grow as the incidence of cancer, driven by demographic change, increases globally. The …

With the rising number of cancer cases and increasing survival times, cancer patients with
critical illness are increasingly presenting to the intensive care unit. This article considers the …

The Intensive Care Society (ICS) has recently published guidance on the transfer of critically
ill adults. Since 2007, the North West London Critical Care Network has documented and …

A 51-year-old Burmese woman with no family or personal history of psychiatric disorders
was admitted to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) following an anterior resection for metastatic (lung …