A modified scoring of the NCCN-IPI is more accurate in the elderly and is improved by albumin and ГЋВІ(2) -microglobulin.

Melchardt T, Troppan K, Weiss L, Hufnagl C, Neureiter D, Tränkenschuh W, Hopfinger G, Magnes T, Deutsch A, Neumeister P, Hackl H, Greil R, Pichler M, Egle A.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25236324