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. 2009 Apr 13;27(14):2319–2327. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1813

Table 3.

Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Radiotherapy: Anatomic Regions With One or More Radiation Fields

First Malignant Neoplasm Sites Treated
Brain
Head (not brain)
Cranio-Spinal*
Neck
Chest
Spine
Abdomen
Pelvis
Limb
Total-Body Irradiation
Region Unknown
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Leukemia (n = 2,927) 2,666 91.1 77 2.6 442 15.1 69 2.4 93 3.2 443 15.1 77 2.6 379 12.9 26 0.9 244 8.3 56 1.9
CNS (n = 1,166) 1,096 94.0 70 6.0 416 35.7 63 5.4 26 2.2 428 36.7 24 2.1 26 2.2 3 0.3 1 0.1 32 2.7
Hodgkin's lymphoma (n = 1,584) 15 0.9 190 12.0 1 0.1 1,484 93.7 1,435 90.6 1 0.1 989 62.4 609 38.4 34 2.1 4 0.3 30 1.9
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (n = 639) 178 27.9 150 23.5 39 6.1 239 37.4 264 41.3 41 6.4 152 23.8 160 25.0 48 7.5 17 2.7 13 2.0
Kidney tumor (n = 694) 4 0.6 1 0.1 16 2.3 263 37.9 673 97.0 342 49.3 3 0.4 9 1.3
Neuroblastoma (n = 414) 41 9.9 35 8.5 11 2.7 72 17.4 171 41.3 15 3.6 215 51.9 115 27.8 10 2.4 16 3.9 8 1.9
Soft-tissue tumor (n = 694) 64 9.2 272 39.2 6 0.9 120 17.3 124 17.9 7 1.0 84 12.1 191 27.5 131 18.9 1 0.1 15 2.2
Bone tumor (n = 388) 30 7.7 20 5.2 5 1.3 24 6.2 168 43.3 5 1.3 47 12.1 95 24.5 185 47.7 3 0.8 9 2.3
Total (N = 8,506) 4,094 48.1 815 9.6 920 10.8 2,087 24.5 2,544 29.9 940 11.1 2,261 26.6 1,917 22.5 440 5.2 286 3.4 172 2.0

NOTE. Includes radiotherapy at any time. Rows sum to more than 100% due to some patients receiving treatment to multiple regions.

*

Cranio-spinal added as a category for patients who were treated to the brain and spine. Brain and spine may not have been treated at the same time or to the same dose. Patients with cranio-spinal treatments also are counted in both the ″brain″ and ″spine″ categories.