Jamal et al described the MgGill-Brisbane Symptom Score (MBSS) for evaluating a patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The authors are from McGill University and the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Parameters:
(1) weight loss
(2) pain
(3) smoker
(4) jaundice
Parameters
Finding
Points
weight loss
none or <= 10%
0
> 10%
8
pain
absent
0
present
5
smoker
no
0
yes
4
jaundice
absent
0
present
4
total score =
= SUM(points for all 4 parameters)
Interpreation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 21
• The higher the score the worse the prognosis.
Score
Group
Survival at 1 Year (Original Cohort with Unresectable Disease)
0 to 9
low
62%
12 to 21
high
10%
Score
Group
Median Survival (Patients Undergoing Surgery)
0 to 9
low
45 months
12 to 21
high
17 months
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