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. 2009 Mar 30;27(14):2328–2338. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1425

Table 3.

Life Status and SMRs in 5-Year Survivors of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Parameter No. of Patients
SMR* 95% CI
Alive Dead
All patients 17,662 2,821 8.4 8.0 to 8.7
Sex
    Male 9,636 1,686 6.7 6.4 to 7.0
    Female 8,026 1,135 13.2 12.5 to 14.0
Age at diagnosis, years
    0-4 7,361 820 9.1 8.5 to 9.8
    5-9 3,984 616 8.4 7.7 to 9.1
    10-14 3,475 667 7.9 7.3 to 8.5
    15-20 2,842 718 7.9 7.4 to 8.5
Years of diagnosis
    1970-1973 2,267 664 8.2 7.6 to 8.9
    1974-1977 3,562 735 8.0 7.4 to 8.6
    1978-1981 4,693 671 7.9 7.3 to 8.5
    1982-1986 7,140 751 11.1 10.4 to 12.0
Survival after diagnosis, years
    5-9 1,336 20.7 19.6 to 21.8
    10-14 611 7.2 6.6 to 7.7
    15-19 431 4.7 4.2 to 5.1
    20-24 268 4.3 3.8 to 4.9
    25-29 144 5.0 4.2 to 5.9
    30-34 31 6.9 4.7 to 9.8
Diagnosis
    Leukemia 5,482 913 10.0 9.4 to 10.7
        Acute lymphoblastic 5,030 730 9.5 8.8 to 10.2
        Acute myeloid 421 80 11.5 9.1 to 14.3
        Other 391 103 14.7 12.0 to 17.8
    CNS tumors 2,275 546 12.9 11.8 to 14.0
        Astrocytomas 1,489 318 11.3 10.1 to 12.6
        Medulloblastoma, PNET 424 128 17.7 14.8 to 21.1
        Other CNS malignancy 362 100 14.1 11.5 to 17.1
    Hodgkin's disease 2,207 510 7.8 7.1 to 8.5
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 1,381 143 4.4 3.7 to 5.2
    Kidney tumors 1,638 97 4.6 3.8 to 5.6
    Neuroblastoma 1,274 84 5.6 4.4 to 6.9
    Soft tissue sarcoma 1,594 244 7.1 6.2 to 8.1
    Bone tumors 1,451 284 7.8 7.0 to 8.8
        Ewings sarcoma 432 136 13.3 11.2 to 15.8
        Osteosarcoma 930 138 5.9 4.9 to 6.9
        Other bone tumors 89 10 4.1 2.0 to 7.5

NOTE. SMRs are age-, sex, and calendar year–standardized according to National Center for Health Statistics criteria.

Abbreviations: SMR, standardized mortality ratios; PNET, primitive neuroectodermal tumor.

*

All SMRs are statistically significant at P < .01.