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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Dec 15, 2025; 17(12): 114109
Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.114109
Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.114109
Prognosis of intensive care unit patients with colorectal cancer
Yu-Ting Liao, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Central South University Xiangya Medical College Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou 570000, Hainan Province, China
Wen-Liang Zhu, Department of Minimally Invasive Intervention, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning 530000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Author contributions: Liao YT contributed to conceptualization, investigation, and writing of the original draft; Zhu WL contributed to supervision, and critical review and editing. Both authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Wen-Liang Zhu, PhD, FACP, Professor, Department of Minimally Invasive Intervention, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, No. 71 Hedi Road, Nanning 530000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. zhupecker@aliyun.com
Received: September 11, 2025
Revised: September 20, 2025
Accepted: September 28, 2025
Published online: December 15, 2025
Processing time: 91 Days and 1.3 Hours
Revised: September 20, 2025
Accepted: September 28, 2025
Published online: December 15, 2025
Processing time: 91 Days and 1.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This letter comments on the article by Dong et al in the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, which presents the first multicenter analysis of 90-day mortality data among patients with colorectal cancer admitted to the intensive care unit, and identifies three independent prognostic factors. It proposes clarifying chemo/surgery details, examining the relationship between intensive care unit admission causes and prognosis, and optimizing scoring with colorectal cancer biomarkers to enhance clinical utility.