Table 5.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Scale for functional assessment24
| ECOG categories | Additional description | Score |
| Able to carry out normal activity without restriction | No physical restriction | 0 |
| Unable to do physically strenuous activity, but ambulatory and able to carry out light work | Able to walk around the neighbourhood, but unable to do any income-generating work | 1 |
| Ambulatory and capable of all self-care, but unable to carry out any work; up and about <50% of waking hours | Able to walk around the house and backyard | 2 |
| Capable of only limited self-care; confined to bed or chair >50% of waking hours | Able to go to the bathroom | 3 |
| Completely disabled; cannot carry out any self-care and totally confined to bed or chair | Unable to go to the bathroom | 4 |