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World J Orthop. Jul 18, 2014; 5(3): 262-271
Published online Jul 18, 2014. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v5.i3.262
Table 11 Katagiri score
Prognostic factorScore
Primary lesion
Rapid growth( Hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, lung carcinoma)3
Slow growth( Breast carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, multiple myeloma, malignant lymphoma, thyroid carcinoma)0
Moderate growth( Other carcinoma and sarcoma)2
Visceral or cerebral metastases2
Performance status (ECOG) 3 or 41
Previous chemotherapy1
Multiple skeletal metastases1
Total score (n = 350)6 and 12 mo survival rate (%)
0-297.9; 89.1
3-570.6; 48.8
6-831.3; 10.9