Table 2.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic	Regimen 1A (n = 45)	Regimen 1B (n = 47)	P
Age, years
< 10	24	24	N/S
≥ 10	21	23
Sex
Male	18	33	.004
Female	27	14
Histology
Alveolar	22	27	N/S
Embryonal	15	16
Other	8	4
Primary site (at original diagnosis)*
Favorable	6	6	N/S
Unfavorable	39	41
Size (largest target lesion), cm
≥ 5	12	16	N/S
< 5	33	31
Recurrence†
Local	22	20	N/S
Regional lymph nodes	10	11
Bone marrow/bone	11	9
Other distant sites	20	23

Abbreviation: N/S, not significant.

^*Favorable sites: nonparameningeal head and neck, nonbladder/prostate genitourinary and biliary; unfavorable sites: all others.

^†Numbers indicate distribution of sites of recurrence. Patients may have had more than one site of recurrence.