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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2017 Feb 21;123(13):2551–2560. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30627

Table 1. Demographic and treatment characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic Survivors (N=404)
N(%)
Siblings (N=4,022)
N(%)
Sex
 Male 213 (52.7) 1937 (48.2)
 Female 191 (47.3) 2085 (51.8)
Race
 White, non-Hispanic 377 (93.3) 3508 (87.2)
 Black, non-Hispanic 6 (1.5) 112 (2.8)
 Hispanic/Latino 12 (3.0) 148 (3.7)
 Other 9 (2.2) 254 (6.3)
Age at diagnosis
 <5 years 29 (7.2)
 5-9 years 108 (26.7)
 10-14 years 148 (36.6)
 ≥15 years 119 (29.5)
Year of diagnosis
 1970-1974 57 (14.1)
 1975-1979 146 (36.1)
 1980-1986 201 (49.8)
Length of Follow-up*
 5-9 years 57 (14.1)
 10-14 years 35 (8.7)
 15-19 years 31 (7.7)
 20-24 years 99 (24.5)
 ≥25 years 182 (45.0)
Primary tumor site
 Upper extremity 71 (17.6)
 Lower extremity 144 (35.6)
 Chest wall 53 (13.1)
 Pelvis 65 (16.1)
 Other** 55 (13.6)
 Missing 16 (4.0)
Treatment Exposure
 Chemotherapy only 8 (2.2)
 Chemotherapy and radiation 140 (38.31)
 Chemotherapy and surgery 62 (16.9)
 Chemotherapy and radiation and surgery 134 (36.5)
 Other*** 23 (6.3)
Chest Radiotherapy
 Yes 101 (28.5)
 No 253 (71.5)
 Median dose (range), Gy 34.5 (5.5 - 66.0)
Abdomen radiotherapy
 Yes 47 (13.3)
 No 307 (86.7)
 Median dose (range) , Gy 40.0 (5.5 - 69.0)
Brain radiotherapy
 Yes 23 (6.5)
 No 331 (93.5)
 Median dose (range) , Gy 45.0 (2.0 - 60.0)
Other head radiotherapy
 Yes 15 (4.2)
 No 339 (95.8)
 Median dose (range) , Gy 45.0 (5.0 - 60.0)
Extremity radiotherapy
 Yes 139 (39.3)
 No 215 (60.7)
 Median dose (range) , Gy 55.2 (10.0 - 112.0)
Total body irradiation
 Yes 3 (0.8)
 No 351 (99.2)
 Median dose (range) , Gy 5.5 (5.0 - 8.0)
Alkylating agents
 Yes 347 (96.9)
 No 11 (3.1)
 Median dose (range), mg/m2 14771.4 (11.3 - 51267.3)
Anthracycline
 Yes 305 (85.2)
 No 53 (14.8)
 Median dose (range), mg/m2 382.8 (1.6 - 1070.0)
*

To the latest questionnaire or death, whichever is earlier

**

Diagnosis site code (C40.9, C41.9, C76.7, C80.9)

***

Twenty three survivors missing one or two of chemotherapy, RT, and surgery, and 1 patient had no chemotherapy or radiation only surgery