Table 9.
Rades score for breast cancer metastases
| Prognostic factor | Score (points) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 1-2 | 9 |
| 3-4 | 5 |
| Ambulatory status prior to RT | |
| Not ambulatory | 4 |
| Ambulatory before RT | 8 |
| Other bone metastases | |
| No | 8 |
| Yes | 7 |
| Visceral metastases | |
| No | 9 |
| Yes | 4 |
| Interval from tumor diagnosis to radiotherapy of MSCC | |
| ≤ 15 mo | 6 |
| > 15 mo | 8 |
| Time of developing motor deficits | |
| 1-7 d | 4 |
| > 7 d | 8 |
| Total score | Survival at 6 mo (%) |
| 30-35 | 12-14 |
| 36-40 | 41-46 |
| 41-45 | 74-77 |
| 46-50 | 98-99 |
ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. RT: Radiotherapy; MSCC: Metastatic spinal cord compression.