Table 6.
Comparison of Demographics and Data of 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer
| Parameter | Childhood Cancer Survivor Study6 |
Nordic Study34 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Country | United States | Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden | ||
| Type of study | Hospital based | Population based | ||
| Age at diagnosis | < 21 | < 20 | ||
| Years of diagnosis | 1970-1986 | 1960-1989 | ||
| No. of 5-year survivors | 20,227 | 13,711 | ||
| Alive | 18,197 | 90.0 | 12,289 | 89.6 |
| Dead | 2,030 | 10.0 | 1,422 | 10.4 |
| Death due to recurrent tumor | 1,246 | 67.4 | 976 | 69.6 |
| Death due to second cancer | 235 | 12.7 | 99 | 7.1 |
| Noncancer treatment-related deaths | 159 | 7.8 | 160 | 11.3 |
| Unrelated deaths | 208 | 10.2 | 167 | 11.9 |
| Standardized mortality ratio | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||