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. 2014 Mar 17;32(12):1218–1227. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.1055

Table 1.

Demographic and Treatment Characteristics for Survivors and Siblings

Characteristic Total Cohort
Age 35 or Older at Last Follow-Up
Survivors
Siblings
Survivors
Siblings
No. of Participants (n = 14,359) % No. of Participants (n = 4,031) % No. of Participants (n = 5,604) % No. of Participants (n = 1,969) %
Sex
    Female 6,645 46.3 2,088 51.8 2,660 47.5 1,074 54.5
    Male 7,714 53.7 1,943 48.2 2,944 52.5 895 45.5
Race/ethnicity*
    Non-Hispanic white 12,397 86.6 3,509 90.4 5,063 90.6 1,768 92.8
    Hispanic 749 5.2 149 3.8 219 3.9 55 2.9
    Non-Hispanic black 733 5.1 123 3.2 192 3.4 49 2.6
    Other 429 3.0 101 2.6 114 2.0 34 1.8
Age at last contact, years
    0-19 1,524 10.6 267 6.6
    20-29 4,493 31.3 1,136 28.2
    30-39 5,226 36.4 1,396 34.6 2,488 44.4 737 37.4
    40-49 2,747 19.1 979 24.3 2,747 49.0 979 49.7
    ≥ 50 369 2.5 253 6.3 369 6.6 253 12.8
Age at primary diagnosis, years
    0-4 5,754 40.1 686 12.2
    5-9 3,201 22.3 1,052 18.8
    10-14 2,913 20.3 1,887 33.7
    15-20 2,491 17.3 1,979 35.3
Primary diagnosis
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 4,329 30.1 1,195 21.3
    Acute myeloid leukemia 356 2.5 128 2.3
    Other leukemia 145 1.0 46 0.8
    CNS tumors 1,876 13.1 654 11.7
    Hodgkin lymphoma 1,927 13.4 1,341 23.9
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1,080 7.5 557 9.9
    Kidney tumors 1,256 8.7 221 3.9
    Neuroblastoma 955 6.7 120 2.1
    Soft tissue sarcoma 1,246 8.7 579 10.3
    Bone tumors 1,189 8.3 763 13.6
Therapy for primary diagnosis
    Surgery*
        Any surgery 10,234 81.3 4,368 86.5
        Nephrectomy 1,091 8.7 203 4.0
        Splenectomy 1,257 10.0 915 18.1
        Surgery only 909 7.3 372 7.4
    Chemotherapy*
        Any chemotherapy 10,137 80.6 3,813 75.5
        Alkylator 6,826 54.3 2,749 54.4
        Anthracycline 5,190 41.3 1,841 36.5
        Bleomycin 756 6.0 425 8.4
        Cisplatin 738 5.9 193 3.8
        Methotrexate 5,676 45.1 2,042 40.4
    Radiotherapy*
        Any radiotherapy 8,547 68.0 3,709 73.4
        Brain 4,010 32.6 1,393 28.1
        Chest 2,467 20.1 1,458 29.4
        Abdomen 2,200 17.9 1,126 22.7
        Pelvis 1,863 15.2 887 17.9
    Combinations*
        Chest RT plus bleomycin 339 2.8 188 3.8
        Chest RT plus abdominal/pelvic RT 1,435 11.7 851 17.2
        Alkylator plus abdominal/pelvic RT 1,636 13.3 762 15.4
        Chest RT plus anthracyclines 966 7.9 395 8.0
        Anthracyclines plus an alkylator 5,190 41.3 1,841 36.5

Abbreviations: RT, radiotherapy.

*

Percentages calculated on total No. of participants on whom information was available.