Table 11.

Katagiri score

Prognostic factor	Score
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 metastases	2
Performance status (ECOG) 3 or 4	1
Previous chemotherapy	1
Multiple skeletal metastases	1
Total score (n = 350)	6 and 12 mo survival rate (%)
0-2	97.9; 89.1
3-5	70.6; 48.8
6-8	31.3; 10.9

ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.