Prevalence and influence of malnutrition on quality of life and performance status in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer before treatment

G Capuano, PC Gentile, F Bianciardi, M Tosti… - Supportive care in …, 2010 - Springer
Goals of work The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and influence of
malnutrition (unintentional weight loss ≥5% in the last 3 months) on quality of life (QoL) and …

The performance status scale for head and neck cancer patients and the functional assessment of cancer therapy‐head and neck scale: a study of utility and validity

MA List, LL D'Antonio, DF Cella, A Siston… - … Journal of the …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… a group of 465 cancer patients with mixed diagnosis. In … patient activity level (performance
status) and self-reported emotional well-being in the sample of head and neck cancer patients

Neuropsychological performance in cancer patients: the role of oral opioids, pain and performance status

P Sjøgren, AK Olsen, AB Thomsen, J Dalberg - Pain, 2000 - Elsevier
… in cancer patients the impact of stigmatizing factors (oral opioids, pain and reduced
performance status) seems to impair some important aspects of neuropsychological performance, …

Performance status and comorbidity in elderly cancer patients compared with young patients with neoplasia and elderly patients without neoplastic conditions

L Repetto, A Venturino, M Vercelli… - … journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… No significant differences in social environment, marital status, or education were observed.
… , performance status, and medication taken, elderly neoplastic patients presented in poorer …

Patient reported outcomes can improve performance status assessment: a pilot study

JE Broderick, M May, JE Schwartz, M Li, A Mejia… - Journal of patient …, 2019 - Springer
… This study recruited oncology patients who were about … patients’ ratings of performance
status were examined and compared with the correspondences of actigraphy and several patient

[HTML][HTML] A randomized phase II trial of two schedules of docetaxel in elderly or poor performance status patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

R Lilenbaum, M Rubin, J Samuel, L Boros… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
… improves quality of life in patients with good performance status (PS). Recently, … patients
have improved the outcome of patients with advanced NSCLC.2, 3 Elderly patients and patients

Influence of age, comorbidity and performance status on the choice of treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer; results of a population-based study

JM De Rijke, LJ Schouten, GPM Ten Velde… - Lung Cancer, 2004 - Elsevier
patients with a good performance status (WHO grade 0) received treatment according to the
guidelines then patients with a poorer performance status … proportions of patients who did …

… efficacy analysis examining the effect of performance status on outcomes in nine first-line treatment trials using individual data from patients with metastatic colorectal …

DJ Sargent, CH Köhne, HK Sanoff, BM Bot… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Performance status (PS) is a prognostic factor in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. …
of patients with a PS of 2 (PS2); thus, the benefit of systemic chemotherapy in PS2 patients is …

[HTML][HTML] Performance status and smoking status are independent favorable prognostic factors for survival in non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive analysis of …

T Kawaguchi, M Takada, A Kubo, A Matsumura… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
performance status (PS) was found to be a significant independent prognostic factor in NSCLC,
and good PS patients … 7, 8 Because data on smoking status were limited, it was not taken …

Performance status is a predictor of overall survival of elderly patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer

AZ Weizer, D Joshi, S Daignault, M Kinnaman… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… Data from the current study suggest that assessing performance status may be useful in
counseling patients for surgical treatments as well. In our elderly population a KPS of 90 or 100 …