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.