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Is there any usefulness for a specific scoring system in assessing the prognosis of cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit?

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  1. Department of Thoracic Oncology and Intensive Care Unit, Institut Jules Bordet, Rue Héger-Bordet 1, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

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Berghmans, T., Sculier, J.P. Is there any usefulness for a specific scoring system in assessing the prognosis of cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit?. Intensive Care Med 30, 1849 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2364-8

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