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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Oncol Rep. 2013 Jun;15(3):232–238. doi: 10.1007/s11912-013-0309-5

Table 2.

Prognostic Models for HDC for NSGCT

Model Factor Points 2-year
EFS
Beyer Variables Progressive disease before HDC 1
Mediastinal primary tumor 1
Cisplatin-refractory disease (relapse within 4 weeks of completion of first-line chemotherapy) 1
Absolute cisplatin-refractory disease (PD as best response to prior therapy) 2
B-HCG > 1,000 IU/L before HDC 2
Stratification Low risk 0 51%
Intermediate risk 1-2 27%
High risk >2 5%
Einhorn Variables HDC at third-line or subsequent line of treatment 3
Refractory disease before HDC (relapse within 4 weeks of completion of first line chemotherapy) 2
High-risk IGCCCG stage 2
Stratification Low risk 0 80%
Intermediate risk 2-3 60%
High risk >3 40%
International Prognostic Factors Study Group Variables Histology Seminoma −1
Nonseminoma 0
Primary tumor site Mediastinal 3
Retroperitoneal 1
Gonadal 0
Response to first-line chemotherapy CR/PRm− 0
PRm+/SD 1
PD 2
Progression-free interval following first-line chemotherapy >3 months 0
≤3 months 1
AFP at salvage Normal 0
≤1,000 1
>1,000 2
B-HCG at salvage ≤1,000 0
>1,000 1
Liver/brain/bone metastases No 0
Yes 1
Stratification Very low risk (seminoma + low risk) −1 92%
Low risk 0 64%
Intermediate risk 1-2 53%
High risk 3-4 33%
Very high risk >4 22%