Table 1.

Classification of cancer patients based on the TLC score

Classification into three groups according to the risk to die by (i) measuring the patient's blood levels of TIMP‐1 as well as of at least two additional liver parameters (CRP, ferritin, GGT, albumin, and total protein), (ii) categorizing the patient's blood parameters as below/above the respective RTh (rounded cut‐off values from previous analyses, Supporting Information, Figure S2A), and (iii) normalizing the number of risk parameters to the total number of measured parameters.

CRP, C‐reactive protein; GGT, gamma‐glutamyl transferase; TIMP‐1, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases‐1; TLC, TIMP‐1/liver cachexia.