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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2011 Apr 22;25(3):557–ix. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2011.03.007

Table 3.

International prognostic model for initial salvage therapy in the relapsed/refractory setting76

Factors Points

Primary Site Gonadal: 0
Retroperitoneal: 1
Mediastinal 3

Response to 1st CR/PR−: 0
PR+/SD: 1
line PD: 2

Progression free >3 mo: 0
≤3 mo: 1

Serum hCG level ≤1000 IU/L: 0
> 1000 IU/L 1

Serum AFP level Normal: 0
≤1000 ng/ml: 1
>1000 ng/ml: 2

Liver, bone or Absent: 0
Present: 1

Add points to determine preliminary score (0–10). Then determine
category: 0 : 0; 1–2 : 1; 3–4 : 2; 5 : 3

Add histology points (below) to category score to determine final risk

Histology Seminoma: −1
NSGCT / mixed: 0

Risk Category # of points 2-year PFS 3-year

Very low risk −1 75% 77%

Low risk 0 51% 66%

Intermediate risk 1 40% 58%

High risk 2 26% 27%

Very high risk 3 6% 6%

Abbreviations: NSGCT: nonseminomatous germ cell tumor; CR: complete response; PR-: partial response with negative markers; PR+: partial response with positive markers; SD: stable disease; PD: progression of disease; hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin; AFP: alpha fetoprotein; PFS: progression free survival; FFS: failure free survival; OS: overall survival; DFS: disease free survival