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Karnofsky Performance Status

Karnofsky Performance Status is a clinical assessment scale used in prognostic evaluation to quantify a patient's level of functional impairment and ability to perform daily activities, distinguishing itself through its specific 100-point ordinal scoring system that correlates performance levels with survival expectations in individuals with chronic illness or cancer.

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Increased Survival in Pancreatic Cancer with nab-Paclitaxel plus Gemcitabine

Daniel D. Von Hoff, Thomas J. Ervin, Francis P. Arena et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2013 · 6.7K citations

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Improvements in survival and clinical benefit with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreas cancer: a randomized trial.

Howard A. Burris, Malcolm J. Moore, John Sahl Andersen et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 1997 · 5.9K citations

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A multivariate analysis of 416 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: prognosis, extent of resection, and survival

Michel Lacroix, Dima Abi-Said, Daryl R. Fourney et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 2001 · 3.1K citations

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The Efficacy of Azidothymidine (AZT) in the Treatment of Patients with AIDS and AIDS-Related Complex

Margaret A. Fischl, Douglas D. Richman, Michael H. Grieco et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 3K citations

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Recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) of prognostic factors in three radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) brain metastases trials

Laurie E. Gaspar, Charles Scott, Marvin Rotman et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1997 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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    Michael D. Prados

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    21 publications · 3K citations

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  2. MP
    Minesh P. Mehta

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    19 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. DR
    Dirk Rades

    University of Lübeck, Germany

    28 publications · 656 citations

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    Gene H. Barnett

    Cleveland Clinic, United States

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. JH
    John H. Suh

    Cleveland Clinic, United States

    17 publications · 3.2K citations

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  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    56 h-index

    545 publications

    107.5K citations

  2. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    49 h-index

    363 publications

    69.3K citations

  3. Neurological Surgery

    Rockville Centre, United States

    41 h-index

    267 publications

    24.8K citations

  4. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    40 h-index

    243 publications

    33.5K citations

  5. Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, United States

    35 h-index

    259 publications

    46.7K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    31 h-index

    149 publications

    24.5K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    27 h-index

    181 publications

    42.6K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    27 h-index

    81 publications

    19.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Clinical Oncology

    191 publications · 42K citations

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  2. Cancer

    128 publications · 15.2K citations

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  3. Journal of neurosurgery

    JNS · 99 publications · 15.9K citations

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  4. Neurosurgery

    87 publications · 7.5K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 158 publications · 5.8K citations

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