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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | ECOG score |
Synonymous names: | Zubrod score; WHO performance status score |
METEOR identifier: | 412327 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | A score given at the time of diagnosis outlining the extent to which a person with cancer's disease affects their daily living abilities, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—performance status score at diagnosis |
Value Domain: | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The criteria was developed by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score was developed to consistently assess the impact of a person's disease on their daily living abilities. Record the ECOG performance status score recorded at diagnosis and before the implementation of treatment. Performance status should be based on assessment by a clinician at the time of initial presentation. Only record performance status when expressed as an ECOG score by the clinician; do not attempt to determine the ECOG score from patient notes. |
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Collection methods: | This information should be obtained from the patient's medical record at the time of diagnosis. It may be available in the admission notes, outpatient notes or referral letters. |
Comments: | Performance status at diagnosis is an important prognostic indicator and is used to determine appropriate treatment, assess how the disease is progressing, and for the statistical analyses of outcome adjusted by performance status. Previous attempts to collect this information has revealed that ECOG scores are not routinely recorded at the time of diagnosis. However, performance status is an important prognostic indicator and used to determine and evaluate treatment decisions so recording the ECOG score in patient notes at the time of diagnosis is strongly recommended. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | Oken MM et al. 1982. Toxicity and response criteria of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Am J Clin Oncol 5:649-655 National Cancer Control Initiative 2004. NCCI Clinical Cancer Core Data Set and Data Dictionary, Version 5. Melbourne: National Cancer Control Initiative |
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |