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. 2020 Jun 26;9(16):5781–5787. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3257

TABLE 1.

TEACHH score calculation among patients dying within 90 d

Adverse factor Points Assigned No. % (n = 505)
Type of primary tumor
Breast or Prostate 0 87 (17.2)
Lung or other 1 418 (82.8)
ECOG performance status
0‐1 0 264 (52.3)
2‐4 1 241 (47.7)
Age (y)
≤60 0 129 (25.5)
>60 1 376 (74.5)
Prior lines of palliative chemotherapy
≤2 0 216 (42.8)
>2 1 289 (57.2)
Hepatic metastases
Absent 0 316 (62.6)
Present 1 189 (37.4)
Hospitalizations in prior 3 mo
No 0 179 (35.4)
Yes 1 326 (64.6)
Group (median life expectancy)
A (19.9 mo) 0‐1
B (5.0 mo) 2‐4
C (1.7 mo) 5‐6

Abbreviation: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.