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 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 …

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

Introduction The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score is a well known
prognostic factor and almost always used to determine eligibility for clinical trials. The patient …

PURPOSE: To construct empirically a conversion table to convert performance status scores
among the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), Karnofsky Performance Status …

The Karnofsky's index of performance status (KPS) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology
Group Performance Status Scale (ECOG PS) are widely used methods of assessing the …

Background: Studies have reported that performance status (PS) is a good prognostic
indicator in patients with advanced cancer. However, different health care professionals …

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 …

Performance status assessment, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), and Eastern
Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scales were performed in 100 consecutive patients …