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American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging system (version 9)[117]

The American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system describes the extent of disease based on the following anatomic factors: size and extent of the primary tumour (T), regional lymph node involvement (N), and presence or absence of distant metastases (M).[117]

The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status[118]

These scales and criteria are used by doctors and researchers to assess how a patient's disease is progressing and how the disease affects the daily living abilities of the patient, and to determine appropriate treatment and prognosis:

  • Grade 0: fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction

  • Grade 1: restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature: for example, light house work, office work

  • Grade 2: ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities; up and about >50% of waking hours

  • Grade 3: capable of only limited self-care; confined to bed or chair >50% of waking hours

  • Grade 4: completely disabled; cannot carry on any self-care; totally confined to bed or chair

  • Grade 5: deceased

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