ICU Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer After Palliative Radiation Therapy

Many patients with advanced cancer treated with palliative radiation therapy (RT) are subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with acute critical illness. We sought to characterize ICU outcomes for patients treated with palliative RT prior to ICU admission, compared to other metastatic cancer patients, to inform goals of care discussions at the time of palliative RT consultation.

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