Table 3.

Khorana score to predict thrombosis in outpatients initiating chemotherapy

Patient characteristicPoints
Site of cancer  
 Very high risk (stomach, pancreas) 
 High risk (lung, lymphoma, gynecologic, genitourinary excluding prostate) 
Prechemotherapy platelet count ≥350 × 109/L 
Hemoglobin ≤100 g/L or use of red cell growth factors 
Prechemotherapy leukocyte count ≥11 × 109/L 
Body mass index ≥35 kg/m2 
Patient characteristicPoints
Site of cancer  
 Very high risk (stomach, pancreas) 
 High risk (lung, lymphoma, gynecologic, genitourinary excluding prostate) 
Prechemotherapy platelet count ≥350 × 109/L 
Hemoglobin ≤100 g/L or use of red cell growth factors 
Prechemotherapy leukocyte count ≥11 × 109/L 
Body mass index ≥35 kg/m2 

Risk category and rate of thrombosis: low (0 points), 0.3% to 0.8%; intermediate (1-2 points), 1.8% to 2%; high (≥3 points), 6.7% to 7.1%. See Khorana et al.58