Borcoman E, Dupont A, Mariotte E, et al. - Researchers reevaluated outcomes in cancer patients following unplanned ICU admission. For this purpose, they analyzed a retrospective cohort including patients with solid tumours admitted to ICU during a 10 years span. Overall 622 patients (age 62 [53–70]) were examined. Lung and digestive tract were reported as the most common primary sites of cancer. The ICU mortality rate was estimated to be 22.2% (n = 138). One-year mortality experienced by 470 ICU survivors was 41.3% (n = 167). ICU admission following 2010, disease status, poor performance status, newly diagnosed cancer at ICU admission, inability to receive oncologic treatment post-ICU discharge and decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment during ICU stay were all identified as the factors that showed an independent link with 1-year mortality. The likelihood of receiving oncologic treatment following ICU discharge appeared important among the factors related to one-year mortality post-ICU discharge.