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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2023 May 18;129(18):2904–2914. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34847

Table 2:

Risk of neurocognitive impairment associated with treatment exposures

Domaina
Exposure Task efficiency Emotional regulation Organization Memory
RR (95% CI)
Age ≤ 1 at diagnosis
Model 1: Demographics and treatmentb
Male 1.14 (0.77–1.71) 0.65 (0.43–0.98) 0.98 (0.69–1.38) 1.05 (0.70– 1.58)
Non-Hispanic white 1.35 (0.69–2.66) 0.99 (0.54–1.81) 1.28 (0.71–2.31) 0.89 (0.50–1.58)
Abdominal/pelvic/TBI radiation 1.11 (0.62–2.01) 0.88 (0.45–1.70) 1.24 (0.78–1.97) 1.36 (0.78–2.38)
Thoracic/TBI radiationc 0.49 (0.18–1.32) 0.24 (0.06–1.06) 0.84 (0.44–1.59) 0.61 (0.24–1.56)
Brain radiationd 0.80 (0.25–2.56) 0.92 (0.26–3.26) 0.67 (0.19–2.42) 0.79 (0.22–2.85)
Platinum 1.74 (1.01–2.97) 1.36 (0.83–2.24) 1.06 (0.67–1.68) 1.27 (0.76–2.13)
Cyclophosphamide 0.99 (0.97–1.02) 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 0.99 (0.97–1.01) 0.99 (0.96–1.01)
Anthracycline 0.99 (0.59–1.68) 1.07 (0.66–1.72) 1.18 (0.78–1.79) 1.36 (0.82–2.26)
Model 2: Treatment Erae
1970–1979 1.31 (0.67–2.55) 1.48 (0.74–2.95) 1.89 (1.09–3.29) 1.21 (0.61–2.40)
1980–1989 0.92 (0.57–1.47) 1.38 (0.82–2.33) 1.48 (0.95–2.31) 1.28 (0.76–2.16)
1990–1999 Reference Reference Reference Reference
Age > 1 at diagnosis
Model 1: Demographics and treatmentb
Male 0.66 (0.42–1.02) 0.66 (0.43–1.03) 0.98 (0.67–1.44) 0.73 (0.47–1.15)
Non-Hispanic white 0.86 (0.52–1.43) 0.39 (0.26–0.58) 1.13 (0.66–1.94) 1.01 (0.57–1.80)
Abdominal/pelvic/TBI radiation 1.27 (0.84–1.92) 1.30 (0.82–2.05) 1.10 (0.70–1.72) 1.07 (0.65–1.76)
Thoracic/TBI radiationc 0.95 (0.57–1.57) 0.41 (0.23–0.76) 0.88 (0.53–1.45) 0.59 (0.33–1.05)
Brain radiationd 1.22 (0.68–2.18) 1.96 (1.05–3.65) 0.67 (0.32–1.38) 2.02 (1.14–3.58)
Platinum 1.07 (0.60–1.92) 0.79 (0.43–1.45) 0.93 (0.49–1.74) 1.25 (0.63–2.46)
Cyclophosphamide 0.98 (0.95–1.01) 1.00 (0.99–1.02) 0.99 (0.96–1.02) 0.99 (0.97–1.02)
Anthracycline 1.06 (0.59–1.91) 1.25 (0.69–2.26) 1.22 (0.65–2.30) 0.98 (0.48–1.98)
Model 2: Treatment Erae
1970–1979 1.16 (0.65–2.07) 1.77 (1.02–3.06) 1.2 (0.71–2.03) 0.73 (0.39–1.39)
1980–1989 1.12 (0.76–1.65) 1.25 (0.79–1.98) 1.1 (0.74–1.64) 0.94 (0.61 −1.45)
1990–1999 Reference Reference Reference Reference

Abbreviations: RR= Relative Risk; 95% CI= confidence interval; TBI= Total body irritation

a

Impairment is defined as a score ≥90th percentile of the siblings’ distribution

b

Treatment is categorized as yes/no;

c

Thoracic/TBI includes patients who got chest radiation

d

Brain radiation includes exposure to cranial, cranial spinal and or TBI

e

Model adjusted for age at follow-up, sex, and race/ethnicity