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OncoDaily Medical Journal
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Reviews
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the management of oncologic critical illness
Tsatsou
Ioanna
One Day Clinic, Oncology-Hematology Department, Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, Athens, Greece
itsatsou@uniwa.gr
Fragkopoulos
Stavros
Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
04
02
2026
ODMJ-002-0204-6423
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Critical illness
ECMO
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Oncology
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