Kamofsky's performance criteria
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Kamofsky's performance criteria are used as a rough guide to determine suitability of canine patients to chemotherapy[1].
| Grade | Criteria |
| 0 | Fully active, performs at predisease level |
| 1 | Activity less than predisease level; able to function as acceptable pet |
| 2 | Severely compromised activity; ambulatory only to point of eating, sleeping, and consistently eliminating in acceptable areas |
| 3 | Completely disabled; must be force fed; unable to defecate or urinate in acceptable areas |
| 4 | Dead |
Most canine candidates undergoing chemotherapy should be from grade 0 - 2 prior to initiation of any drug therapy.
References
- ↑ Spugnini EP et al (2011) Lansoprazole as a rescue agent in chemoresistant tumors: a phase I/II study in companion animals with spontaneously occurring tumors. J Transl Med 9:221
