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. 2010 Nov 15;28(36):5287–5293. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.0090

Table 2.

Influence of Increased Cumulative Exposure to Radiation and Chemotherapeutic Drugs on the ERR of Meningioma and Glioma/PNET

Exposures Included in the Model Meningioma
Glioma/PNET
Deviance df LRT P Deviance df LRT P
Null model 127.54 92 81.79 59
Radiation, Gy* 50.83 91 < .001 69.58 58 < .001
Radiation* + alkylating agents mg/m2* 49.47 90 .245 69.55 57 .864
Radiation* + anthracyclines* 50.58 90 .621 68.89 57 .407
Radiation* + intrathecal methotrexate* 44.87 90 .015 68.81 57 .379
Radiation* + nonintrathecal antimetabolites* 49.22 90 .205 69.24 57 .561
Radiation* + epipodophyllotoxins* 49.69 90 .287 68.96 57 .429
Radiation* + vinca alkaloids* 48.12 90 .100 69.55 57 .854

NOTE. Radiation dosed in Gy; chemotherapeutic drugs dosed in milligrams per meter squared.

Abbreviations: ERR, excess relative risk; PNET, primitive neuroectodermal tumor; df, degrees of freedom; LRT, likelihood ratio test.

*

Fitted as a linear trend in continuous dose (model 1).

LRT P value relative to null model.

LRT P value relative to model with radiation fitted as a linear trend in continuous dose.