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Table 1 Modified Tokuhashi score

From: Surgical intervention for vertebral metastases may benefit lung cancer patients no less than other patients: a retrospective study

Prognosis parameter

Score

General condition

 Poor (performance status 10–40%)

0

 Moderate (performance status 50–70%)

1

 Good (performance status 80–100%)

2

Number of bone metastases outside spine

 >2

0

 ≤2

1

 0

2

Metastasis to major organs

 Non-removable

0

 Removable

1

 None

2

Primary site

 Lung, osteosarcoma, stomach, bladder, esophagus, pancreas

0

 Liver, gallbladder, unidentified

1

 Other

2

 Kidney, uterus

3

 Rectum

4

 Thyroid, breast, prostate, carcinoid tumor

5

Palsy

 Complete (Frankel A, B)

0

 Incomplete (Frankel C, D)

1

 None (Frankel E)

2