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. 2017 Mar 6;28(4):849–854. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx005

Table 2.

Patient treatment and response by prognostic risk group within age subsets

All patients Limited
Advanced
N  (%) N  (%)
N  (%)
Total Age Age P Total Age Age P
< 18 year 18–25 year < 18 year 18–25 year
Total 209 78 20  (26) 58  (74) 131 35  (27) 96  (73)
Treatment site
Paediatric centre 35  (17)
Adult centre 174  (83)
PET at diagnosis
Yes 51  (24) 18  (23) 13  (65) 5  (9) <0 .001 33  (25) 23  (66) 10  (10) <0 .001
No 158  (76) 60  (77)   (35) 53  (91) 98  (75) 12  (34) 86  (90)
RT in primary therapy
Yes 43  (21) 19  (24) 2  (10) 17  (29) 0 .08 24  (18) 6  (17) 18  (19) 0 .83
No 166  (79) 59  (76) 18  (90) 41  (71) 107  (82) 29  (83) 78  (81)
Response
CR 192  (92) 78  (100) 20  (100) 58  (100) 114  (87) 26  (74) 88  (92) 0 .01
PR 10  (5) 0 0 0 10  (7) 4  (11) 6  (6)
SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PD 7  (4) 0 0 0 7  (5) 5  (14) 2  (2)
Timing of relapse
Primary progressive 11  (35) 1  (17) 0 1  (25) 0 .22 10  (40) 6  (75) 4  (24) 0 .03
Early relapse 12  (39) 3  (50) 2  (100) 1  (25) 9  (36) 2  (25) 7  (41)
Late relapse 8  (26) 2  (33) 0 2  (50) 6  (24) 0 6  (35)
5-year PFS  ± SE  (%) 85  ± 3 92  ± 3 90  ± 7 93  ± 3 0 .65 80  ± 4 77  ± 7 81  ± 4 0 .38
5-year OS  ± SE  (%) 97  ± 1 100 100 100 95  ± 2 90  ± 6 97  ± 2 0 .17

Analysis of the difference in treatment and response based on age for limited and advanced stage prognostic groups. CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease.