International Prognostic Index

INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC INDEX FOR AGGRESSIVE NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA

N Engl J Med 1993;329:987

AGE-ADJUSTED IPI (FOR PATIENTS 60 YEARS OLD OR LESS)

Score one point for each of the following characteristics:

STANDARD IPI (APPLICABLE TO ALL PATIENTS)

Score one point for each of the following characteristics:

  • Stage III or IV
  • Performance status 2-4
  • LDH greater than upper limit ofnormal
  • More than one site of extranodaldisease
  • Age > 60 years

INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC INDEX FOR FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA

Blood 2004;104:1258

Score one point for each of the following characteristics:

  • Age > 60 years
  • Ann Arbor stage III or IV
  • Hemoglobin < 12 g/l\
  • More than 4 nodal areas involved
  • LDH greater than upper limit of normal