Impact of pre-existing cancer diagnoses on burn injury survival and morbidity

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Burns Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2025.107414

Phillip Keys , Kassandra Corona , Sheldon McCown , Lyndon Huang , Elvia Villarreal , Jasmine Chaij , Giovanna De La Tejera , Douglas S. Tyler , George Golovko , Amina El Ayadi , Juquan Song , Steven E. Wolf

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Abstract

Objectives

Severe burns place patients in a compromised state, especially those with pre-existing chronic diseases such as malignancy. Due to improvements in detection and treatment, cancer mortality has declined significantly, leaving a growing population of cancer survivors. Therefore, we wondered whether pre-existing cancer diagnoses influence patient outcomes following burn injury.

Methods

46,275 patients with a neoplasm diagnosis prior to experiencing a burn injury were identified using the TriNetX research network. Two control groups were organized: 1) cancer patients without burns and 2) burn patients with no history of cancer. The test group included patients with a pre-existing cancer diagnosis who received a subsequent burn injury. Outcomes included death, sepsis, nutritional deficiency, eating disorder, immunodeficiency, and depression. Odds ratios were calculated with 95 % confidence intervals.

Results

Of the nearly 10 million cancer patients, 0.45 % experienced a burn injury after diagnosis. Compared to propensity-matched burned patients without cancer, burned patients with a previous cancer diagnosis had increased odds of developing sepsis (2.013, 1.895–2.138), nutritional deficiency (1.874, 1.58–2.221), immunodeficiency (5.584, 4.85–7.06), eating disorder (2.384, 1.947–2.918), and depression (1.772, 1.695–1.853). The odds ratios of sepsis (1.718, 1.612–1.83), nutritional deficiency (1.963, 1.593–2.418), immunodeficiency (1.265, 1.098–1.459), eating disorder (2.569, 2.077–3.177), and depression (1.538, 1.468–1.611) were increased when compared to cancer patients without burn injury. Burned patients with a previous neoplasm of hematologic origin fared worse in the odds of developing the mentioned outcomes compared to those with solid neoplasms. Lastly, burned patients with any previous neoplasm who later received chemotherapy and/or radiation suffered worse outcomes than those who never received such treatment.

Conclusion

Patients who developed neoplasms before receiving a burn injury demonstrated considerable increases in odds of poor outcomes. Increased odds of developing poor outcomes were greater in those with hematologic neoplasms and those who received chemotherapy or radiation treatment.

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Burns 医学-皮肤病学

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

18.50%

发文量

304

审稿时长

72 days

期刊介绍： Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment including development of new techniques and technologies and verification of existing ones. Regular features include clinical and scientific papers, state of the art reviews and descriptions of burn-care in practice. Topics covered by Burns include: the effects of smoke on man and animals, their tissues and cells; the responses to and treatment of patients and animals with chemical injuries to the skin; the biological and clinical effects of cold injuries; surgical techniques which are, or may be relevant to the treatment of burned patients during the acute or reconstructive phase following injury; well controlled laboratory studies of the effectiveness of anti-microbial agents on infection and new materials on scarring and healing; inflammatory responses to injury, effectiveness of related agents and other compounds used to modify the physiological and cellular responses to the injury; experimental studies of burns and the outcome of burn wound healing; regenerative medicine concerning the skin.