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Bookmark or Share- Performance Scales: Karnofsky & ECOG Scores Practice tools - ESMOPerformance Scales for the Karnofsky & ECOG Scores used by practicing oncologists and researchers to assess how a patient's disease is progressing.
- Performance status - WikipediaThis scoring system is named after Dr. David A. Karnofsky, who described the scale with Dr. Walter H. Abelmann, Dr. Lloyd F. Craver, and Dr. Joseph H. Burchenal in 1948. The primary purpose of its development was to allow physicians to evaluate a patient's ability to survive chemotherapy for cancer.
- KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS SCALE DEFINITIONS RATING (%) CRITERIA - NPCRCThe Karnofsky Performance Scale Index allows patients to be classified as to their functional impairment. This can be used to compare effectiveness of different therapies and to assess the prognosis in individual patients. The lower the Karnofsky score, the worse the survival for most serious illnesses. KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS SCALE ...
- What Is Performance Status? ECOG and Karnofsky Scales - Verywell HealthPerformance status measures how well a person can carry on ordinary daily activities while living with cancer. It also provides an estimate of what treatments a person may tolerate. There are two performance scales: the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)/WHO system and the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scale.
- Karnofsky Performance Status Scale - MedscapeThe Karnofsky Performance Scale Index is an assessment tool for functional impairment. It can be used to compare effectiveness of different therapies and to assess the prognosis in individual...
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