Assessment of performance status, such as ECOG performance status and Karnofsky performance status scale
What it is
- A single ordinal measure of functional capacity - the most powerful and most used prognostic variable in oncology
- Determines trial eligibility, treatment intensity, and whether systemic therapy is offered at all
- *An objective statement of what the patient can do, not how they feel or how unwell they look*
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