Palliative prognostic score:The 30-day survival probability is less than 30% with a score greater than 11 and more than 70% with a score of 0 to 5.5.
| FACTORS | SCORE |
|---|---|
| Dyspnea | |
| •No | 0 |
| •Yes | 1 |
| Anorexia | |
| •No | 0 |
| •Yes | 1.5 |
| Karnofsky performance status | |
| •≥ 30 | 0 |
| •≥ 20 | 2.5 |
| Clinical prediction of survival, wk | |
| •> 12 | 0 |
| •11–12 | 2 |
| •7–10 | 2.5 |
| •5–6 | 4.5 |
| •3–4 | 6 |
| •1–2 | 8.5 |
| Total white blood cell count, x109/L | |
| •Normal (4.8–8.5) | 0 |
| •High (8.6–11) | 0.5 |
| •Very high (> 11) | 1.5 |
| Lymphocytes, % | |
| •Normal (20–40) | 0 |
| •Low (12–19.9) | 1 |
| •Very low (< 11.9) | 2.5 |