Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis

Salvador Villà

Publications

• Research Article
  ECOG or Karnofsky Performance Status to Assess Functionality in Glioblastoma Patients Among Different Observers
  Author(s): Claudia Panciroli, Anna Estival, Giuseppe Lucente, Jose Maria Velarde, Roser García, Laia Vilà, Sira Domenech, Salvador Villà and Carmen BalañàClaudia Panciroli, Anna Estival, Giuseppe Lucente, Jose Maria Velarde, Roser García, Laia Vilà, Sira Domenech, Salvador Villà and Carmen Balañà
  
  Purpose: Glioblastoma (GB) patients usually have symptoms that affect their functional status, and medical staff, as well as the patients and their caregivers, might have different perceptions about it. The performance status is important to establish a patient’s survival prediction and treatment decisions. This study was aimed to explore whether health care providers, patients, and caregivers have a common perception of patients’ functional statuses and to investigate in further studies whether the functional scales used in oncology clinical practice are objective tools to evaluate brain tumour patients. Methods: GB patients treated at our Neuro-Oncology Unit were evaluated once using Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG) and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) by a medical oncologist (MO), an independent i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9929.S2-032

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