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A translation between the Zubrod and Karnofsky scales that works especially well for healthy patients has been validated in a large sample of lung cancer patients: [4] Zubrod 0 equals Karnofsky 90–100; Zubrod 1 equals Karnofsky 70–80; Zubrod 2 equals Karnofsky 50–60; Zubrod 3 equals Karnofsky 30–40; Zubrod 4 equals Karnofsky 10–20
There were four factors found to have independent prognostic relevance: age, performance status, LDH, and white blood cell count (WBC). [4] The point values are assigned as follows: 0 points: Age less than 50 years, ECOG performance status of 0–1, LDH less than 0.67 of the upper limit of normal, or WBC of less than 6,700 cells/mcl
David Aryah Karnofsky (March 28, 1914 – August 31, 1969) was an American clinical oncologist. [1] In 1940, while he was a resident at the Colis P. Huntington Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research of Harvard University , David A. Karnofsky began clinical research in cancer , and devoted himself to this area throughout his career.
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Management of IDH wild type glioblastoma, WHO grade 4. KPS, Karnofsky performance status. [62] Treating glioblastoma is difficult due to several complicating factors: [67] The tumor cells are resistant to conventional therapies. The brain is susceptible to damage from conventional therapy. The brain has a limited capacity to repair itself.
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Karnofsky performance status, in medicine; Keratic precipitate, a disease; Kilometres per second; see metre per second; KPS Chemik Police, a Polish volleyball club;
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. For instance, in the category of depression, there are over two dozen depression rating scales that have been developed in the past eighty years.