Scoring system for prediction of metastatic spine tumor prognosis

Table 7 Rades score

Prognostic factor	Score (points)
Type of primary tumor
Breast cancer	8
Prostate cancer	7
Myeloma/lymphoma	9
Lung cancer	3
Other tumors	4
Other bone metastases at the time of RT
Yes	5
No	7
Visceral metastases at the time of RT
Yes	2
No	8
Interval from tumor diagnosis to MSCC
≤ 15 mo	4
> 15 mo	7
Ambulatory status before RT
Ambulatory	7
Nonambulatory	3
Time of developing motor deficits before RT
1-7 d	3
8-14 d	6
> 14 d	8
Total score	6-mo survival (%)
20-30 (n = 237)	16
31-35 (n = 162)	48
36-46 (n = 253)	81

RT: Radiotherapy; MSCC: Metastatic spinal cord compression.