Performance Status

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PS
Pronunciation
/pərˈfɔrməns ˈstætəs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. High serum SLAK levels correlated significantly with T factor, distant metastasis, and serum CA19-9 level, but not with age, sex, patient performance status, and N factor ( cancer stage ).
  2. The survival benefit is most evident for those patients with a good performance status.
  3. The main page, named My Business, shows a quick overview of the current performance status of the Claim Summary process.
  4. Objective To investigate the changes of immune function status and performance status score before and after antineoplastic chemotherapy in patients with lung cancer.
  5. Most patients receiving standard chemotherapy had substantial adverse effects, the authors comment, even though these patients had excellent performance status and no major organ dysfunction.

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