Karnofsky performance status
Appraisal of the Karnofsky Performance Status and proposal of a simple algorithmic system for its evaluation
... functional status, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) [2], also called the WHO Performance Status or Scale, is an often used alternative to the ...
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The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]
... In this study all versions of the KPS could be used in the various venues of palliative care including the commu- nity, acute inpatient, subacute inpatient, inpatient hos- pice, respite, nursing home, and hostel ...
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Original Article Factors associated with improved Karnofsky performance status after surgery for petroclival meningiomas: a 10-year follow-up retrospective study
... Abstract: Objectives: Petroclival meningiomas, generally, have a good prognosis. However, neurological dysfunction, complications, and recurrence/progression after surgery seriously affect the long-term quality of life ...
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Analyses of prognostic factors in cases of non-small cell lung cancer with multiple brain metastases
... included: Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scores during BM treat- ment, control of the primary lung tumor, interval between confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer and BM, presence of combined ...
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Early evaluation predicts pain relief of irradiated bone metastases: a single-center prospective study
... KPS: Karnofsky performance status; IBMCG: International bone metastases consensus group; IMRT: Intensity- Modulated radiation therapy; OMED: Oral morphine equivalent dose; PD: Progression disease; ...
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Butterfly Tumor of the Corpus Callosum: Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Survival Analysis.
... Background: The pathologies implicate the bilateral corpus callosum that builds the butterfly pattern on axial view. These tumors have seldom been investigated for both clinical manifestations and outcome. Objective: The ...
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Treatment options and outcomes for glioblastoma in the elderly patient
... favorable Karnofsky performance status (KPS) of 70 or higher, complete surgical resection, preserved neu- rocognitive function, and ability to carry on active work, the median survival was only ...
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Hormonal therapy might be a better choice as maintenance treatment than capecitabine after response to first-line capecitabine-based combination chemotherapy for patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative, metastatic breast cancer
... progression status was at least 4 weeks for patients in the MCT group after the last cycle of FCCT, or else it was con- sidered a failure of combination chemotherapy or resist- ance to ...Patients’ ...
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Original Article Analysis of survival-related factors in elderly patients following glioma operation
... preoperative Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score, tumor diameter, pathological grading, postop- erative radiotherapy, postoperative chemother- apy and degree of surgical resection were col- ...
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Risk factors and treatments for brain metastasis in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung: a retrospective analysis of 373 patients
... Similar to other studies, patients with BM without treatment in our cohort had the worst prognosis [18 – 20]. While for those with the opportunity to receive some type of treatment, the mPBMS was significantly prolonged. ...
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Chemotherapy and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors for treatment of brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer: survival analysis in 210 patients
... Results: The median survival time in patients with systemic medication and localized treat- ments was higher than in those with localized treatments alone (11 versus 3 months, P=0.000). Within the systemic medication ...
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Spirituality alleviates the burden on family members caring for patients receiving palliative care exclusively
... The institutional review board (IRB) “Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Sociedade Beneficiente de Senhoras do Hospital Sírio-Libanês” reviewed and approved the study (HSL 2016–03, protocol number 1.392.591 and IRB of ...
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Presentation and outcome in cancer patients with extensive spread to the brain
... (Karnofsky performance status (KPS) at least 70%, but at least one adverse diagnostic feature such as age ≥65 years, uncon- trolled primary tumor or extracranial metastases) [11], median overall ...
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Lansoprazole as a rescue agent in chemoresistant tumors: a phase I/II study in companion animals with spontaneously occurring tumors
... EFFICACY: In terms of efficacy nineteen out of twenty-eight dogs experienced various degrees of response lasting from two to twelve months, these responses were more evident in dogs affected by lym- phoma (9 out 11). A ...
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Appraisal of Karnofsky Scale in Females with Cancer
... The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a widely utilized technique to assess the functional status of a ...by Karnofsky and Burchenal in 1949 in an article originally published as a ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC4740251.pdf
... disease status at transplant; co-morbid conditions of endocrine, pulmonary, and/or autoimmune disease; Karnofsky performance status; acute GVHD before infection; chronic GVHD before infection; ...
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Family status and mutual fund performance
... relative performance and risk-taking behaviour of funds within a family has received little attention in the ...mid-year performance of top funds and transfer risk to low performing ...the ...
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Efficacy of targeted AKT inhibition in genetically engineered mouse models of PTEN -deficient prostate cancer
... tumor burden, and performance status. To address this issue, we established a double knockout mouse model based on the conditional inactivation of the PTEN and P53 tumor suppressor genes (Figure 6A). ...
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Quality of life effects of antithrombin III in sepsis survivors: results from the KyberSept trial [ISRCTN22931023]
... the Karnofsky scores that were unchanged, mean nominal changes in the AT III QoL attributes of the no con- comitant heparin group ranged from +4 to +9, whereas those receiving concomitant heparin experienced ...
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Clinical application of computed tomography-guided 125I seed interstitial implantation for head and neck cancer patients with unmanageable cervical lymph node metastases
... (2) Karnofsky performance score (KPS) ≥ 60; (3) normal function in liver, kidneys, and heart; (4) persis- tent pain of cervical tumors and treatment of medication, physical therapy, or other conservative ...
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