Table 2.
Neurocognitive problems in survivors by cancer diagnosis.
Task Efficiency | Emotion Regulation | Organization | Memory | ||||||||
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Diagnosis | N | n | Impaired* | n | Impaired* | n | Impaired* | n | Impaired* | ||
Leukemia | 200 | 50 | 25% | 21 | 11% | 27 | 14% | 27 | 14% | ||
CNS Tumors | 214 | 92 | 43% | 28 | 13% | 44 | 21% | 50 | 23% | ||
Hodgkin Lymphoma | 768 | 120 | 16% | 92 | 12% | 95 | 12% | 93 | 12% | ||
Other Cancers | 244 | 35 | 14% | 20 | 8% | 22 | 9% | 16 | 7% | ||
Total | 1426 | 297 | 21% | 161 | 11% | 188 | 13% | 186 | 13% |
Impairment defined as a performance ≥ a symptom level reported by the highest 10% of sibling controls.