Table 1.
Surveyed expert oncologists' recommendations for whole lung irradiation for Ewing Sarcoma patients with pulmonary metastases in complete response following chemotherapy.
| Whole lung irradiation recommendation |
N | Adult∗ | P | 20-year-old | P | 45-year-old | P | 60-year-old | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All oncologists surveyed | 38 | 63% | 63% | 62% | 50% | ||||
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| Oncologist discipline | |||||||||
| Medical oncologist | 26 | 58% | NS | 58% | NS | 60% | NS | 46% | NS |
| Radiation oncologist | 12 | 73% | 75% | 67% | 58% | ||||
| AYA/pediatric oncologist | 14 | 92% | 0.01 | 93% | 0.005 | 92% | 0.01 | 75% | 0.08 |
| Adult oncologist | 24 | 48% | 46% | 46% | 38% | ||||
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| Oncologist country | |||||||||
| Europe/Australia | 15 | 57% | NS | 60% | NS | 53% | NS | 40% | NS |
| United States | 23 | 67% | 65% | 68% | 57% | ||||
∗Adult age not specified.
P = 2-tail Fisher Exact Test P value; NS = not significant; AYA = adolescent and young adult.