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Karnofsky Performance Status: a standalone construct

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KarnofskyPerformance Status1 CONSTRUCTKarnofsky PerformanceKARNOFSKY · ONCOLOGY

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Oncology

a 0 to 100 scale of functional capacity in steps of ten, from normal activity to dead, introduced to judge the effect of cancer drugs.

In oncology, Karnofsky Performance Status refers to a 0 to 100 scale of functional capacity in steps of ten, from normal activity to dead, introduced to judge the effect of cancer drugs. This meaning comes from Karnofsky (1948) in Cancer.[1]

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References

  1. Karnofsky, D. A., Abelmann, W. H., Craver, L. F., & Burchenal, J. H. (1948). The use of the nitrogen mustards in the palliative treatment of carcinoma. With particular reference to bronchogenic carcinoma. Cancer, 1(4), 634-656. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(194811)1:4<634::aid-cncr2820010410>3.0.co;2-l

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