Responses seem independent of pre-existing performance status, duration of disease, number of metastatic sites.
This study was a retrospective evaluation of existing performance data.
42 received HDU or ITU care (23 intubated and ventilated, 12 non-invasively ventilated) and a further 42 were deemed inappropriate for HDU/ITU care due to pre-existing comorbidities or performance status or to patient preference.
35 A risk stratification tool was developed that was predictive of the incidence of chemotherapy toxicity and found this model to be superior to the Karnofsky Performance Status, the existing standard use by oncologists for assessment of fitness.
2. Fast-track to elite status with a status challenge — or leverage existing status with a status match.
In melanoma patients who receive treatment for metastatic disease, comorbid diseases may increase the risk of complications and worsen the existing comorbid diseases, which may lead to lower performance status, decreased quality of life, and life-threatening conditions.
In a recent systematic review on clinical assessment tools for quality of life, Jordhoy et al [ 2] found that out of the 39 existing palliative care assessment tools, 11 included original performance status assessments, and only two of them, PPS and Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool (EFAT) incorporated comprehensive performance status measures.
Many critical problems remain to be solved in existing asynchronous patterns for GSO including difficulties in improving performance, status tracking, and clarifying the workflow structure.
On univariate analysis, older age, poor performance status, aggressive surgery, pre-existing neurological dysfunction, poor mental status and twice-daily radiation were associated with increased acute NT.
The significant relationship between Karnofsky Performance Status and agreement found in the present study was in line with the existing literature, but there was no linear [ 28, 29] or U-shaped [ 11, 27] correlations as described previously.
In that paper the existing records of 651 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma were assessed to determine the relationship between survival and four ' non-anatomical' prognostic indicators: symptomatic history, performance status, weight loss and age.
