Table 2. Medical descriptive statistics of survivors.
| Variable | Categories | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Bone cancer | 604 | 9.2 |
| Central nervous system | 687 | 10.5 | |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 931 | 14.2 | |
| Kidney (Wilms) | 626 | 9.6 | |
| Leukemia | 2183 | 33.4 | |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 504 | 7.7 | |
| Neuroblastoma | 406 | 6.2 | |
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 601 | 9.2 | |
| Age at diagnosis | 0-4 | 2395 | 36.6 |
| 5-9 | 1475 | 22.5 | |
| 10-14 | 1414 | 21.6 | |
| 15-20 | 1258 | 19.2 | |
| Year of diagnosis | 1970-1973 | 881 | 13.5 |
| 1974-1978 | 1712 | 26.2 | |
| 1979-1986 | 3949 | 60.4 | |
| Years since dx | 15-19 | 1773 | 27.1 |
| 20-24 | 2343 | 35.8 | |
| 25-29 | 1668 | 25.5 | |
| 30-34 | 758 | 11.6 | |
| Chemotherapy | None | 1246 | 20.3 |
| Anthracycline/Alkylating | 3676 | 59.8 | |
| Other drugs | 1223 | 19.9 | |
| Radiation therapy | RT to brain | 1818 | 29.6 |
| RT, but not to brain | 2060 | 33.5 | |
| No RT | 2087 | 34.0 | |
| RT, site unknown | 176 | 2.9 | |
| 2nd malignancy or recurrence | No | 5364 | 82.0 |
| Yes | 1178 | 18.0 |