Because 69 patients of the 194 patients (36%) who were ambulatory prior to radiotherapy in the entire cohort had a poor ECOG-PS of 3 4, both performance status and pre-radiotherapy ambulatory status were investigated.
We consider both the performance and reliability status of compute nodes in making selection decisions.
Previous studies on prognostic factors for survival in MRCC, especially those carried out in patients under immunotherapy, showed both general performance status and delay from primary tumour to metastases to affect survival significantly (Palmer et al, 1992; Négrier et al, 2002).
In addition, it is argued that since performance status and physical functioning are significantly associated with each other, in many instances when one includes both physical functioning and performance status in the regression models, the likelihood of finding inconsistent results can be expected.
This study involved the administration of a pattern separation paradigm to Alzheimer's patients to investigate relationships between task performance and both ApoE status and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ42 levels.
Stratification at randomisation was performed for institution and performance status.
In summary, although patient's age and performance status (fitness) were predictive of both intensive chemotherapy and survival; performance status was far more discriminatory of outcome than age, with fitter patients benefiting from treatment across all age groups.
The prognostic influence of both the extent of disease and performance status has also been demonstrated in primary SmCC of the lung (Radford et al, 1992; Lassen et al, 1999; Paesmans et al, 2000; Nicholson et al, 2002).
