ECOG performance status
Oncology, staging and radiology
Also known as: WHO performance status · Zubrod score · ECOG-Performance-Status · WHO-Leistungsstatus · ECOG performans durumu · ECOG / WHO performance status (0–5)
What it is for
The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status grades how a person's disease affects daily activity and self-care, mainly in oncology.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | fully active; able to carry on all pre-disease activity without restriction. |
| 1 | restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to do light or sedentary work (e.g. light housework, office work). |
| 2 | ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work; up and about more than 50% of waking hours. |
| 3 | capable of only limited self-care; confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours. |
| 4 | completely disabled; cannot carry on any self-care; totally confined to bed or chair. |
| 5 | dead. |
Source
Toxicity and response criteria of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
ECOG · Am J Clin Oncol 1982;5:649–655 (Oken MM et al.)
PMID: 7165009
- Edition
- Oken et al. 1982 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group); identical to the WHO/Zubrod scale
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