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Table 1 Khorana Risk Assessment Model

From: Thromboembolic events in cancer patients on active treatment with cisplatin-based chemotherapy: another look!

Patient characteristic

Risk Score

1. Site of cancer

 

 ▪ Very high risk (stomach, pancreas)

2

 ▪ High risk (Lung, Lymphoma, Gynecologic, bladder, testicular)

1

2. Prechemotherapy platelet count 350 × 109/L or more

1

3. Hemoglobin level less than 100 g/L or use of red cell growth factors

1

4. Prechemotherapy leukocyte count more than 11 × 109 /L

1

5. BMI: 35 kg/m2 or more

1

  1. Three Risk Groups:
  2. ▪ Low Risk 0
  3. ▪ Intermediate Risk 1–2
  4. ▪ High Risk ≥3