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Introduction: Acute oncology service refers to the availability of treatment and expertise for cancer emergencies. This service offers immediate critical treatment in cancer patients since they are immunocompromised and predisposed to life threatening infections. Cancer patients may appear relatively stable at initial presentation but will experience deterioration after several hours or days. In fact, Malaysia has only one acute cancer care unit which is newly established in Institut Kanser Negara since 2016....