Oncologists should recognise the need to move beyond the Eastern Cooperative Oncology
Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) score. ECOG PS is a longstanding and ubiquitous …

Medical literature does not have clear consensus on inter-rater reliability of PS assessment
by different oncology health care professionals (HCPs) although it plays an important role in …

Background Medical decisions made by oncology clinicians have serious implications, even
when made collaboratively with the patient. Clinicians often use the Eastern Clinical …

Oncologists traditionally assess their patients' ECOG performance status (PS), and few
studies have evaluated the accuracy of these assessments. In this study, 101 patients …

Abstract Background The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG‐
PS) scale is commonly used by physicians and nurses in oncology, as it correlates with …

Abstract The ECOG Scale of Performance Status (PS) is widely used to quantify the
functional status of cancer patients, and is an important factor determining prognosis in a …

Purpose The process of assessing patient symptoms and functionality using patient-reported
outcomes (PROs) and functional performance status (FPS) is an essential aspect of patient …

There is no consensus regarding the equivalence of performance status between the
Karnofsky (KPS) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scales. In the …

Evaluation of functional status plays a unique role in the assessment of older cancer
patients. While performance status has been the traditional method for oncologists to assess …

Progress in cancer research is coupled with increased treatment complexity reliant upon
accurate patient selection. Oncologists rely upon measurement instruments of functional …