López R, Samtani SR, Montes JM, et al. - Researchers undertook this prospective study to compare critically ill mechanically ventilated oncologic patients (OPs) vs their nononcologic counterparts, in terms of short- and long-term outcomes. Overall 1,490 patients admitted to ICU between October 2017 and February 2019 were analyzed. They gathered demographic, physiologic, laboratory, clinical, and treatment data and assessed survival at 28 days and at the close of the follow-up period as the primary outcome. Findings revealed that critically ill, mechanically ventilated OPs had a short-term survival similar to that of their nononcologic counterparts. The severity of the critical illness was the factor that determined the short-term survival of these OPs. Lower long-term survival was experienced by OPs vs nononcologic patients, and long-term survival in these individuals was related to poor Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.