Measurement of blood level is important in assessing prognosis, higher levels predicting worse prognosis.

The modified Maddrey's discriminant function) was originally described by Maddrey and Boitnott to predict prognosis in alcoholic hepatitis.

Staging is useful in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to predict prognosis and also to stratify patients to achieve comparisons for interpreting specific treatment results.

Together with other parameters, it is incorporated into a strategy of prostate cancer staging which predicts prognosis and helps guide therapy.

Currently there are no clinically established laboratory investigations available that can predict prognosis.

Currently there are no clinically established laboratory investigations available to predict prognosis or therapeutic response.

The histological subtype and the patient's age and health status also help predict prognosis.

"What emerges are a remarkably uniform clinical picture and a diagnosis which is strikingly useful in helping predict prognosis and dictate management."

The study indicated that the genes' activity appeared to predict prognosis, but that needed confirmation.

Physicians use classification types to assess the degree of injury, treatment plan and predict prognosis.