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. 2019 Jan 31;5(6):864–871. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6634

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Population.

Characteristic Participants, No. (%)
CCSS (n = 20 367)a DCOG-LATER (n = 5741) SJLIFE (n = 2315) Total (N = 28 423)
Female sex 9570 (46.8) 2541 (44.3) 1104 (47.7) 13 215 (46.4)
Age at diagnosis, median (range), y 6.3 (0.0-21.0) 5.5 (0.0-17.9) 6.3 (0.0-22.7) 6.1 (0.0-22.7)
Primary childhood cancer diagnosis
Leukemia 5881 (37.3) 2012 (35.0) 847 (36.6) 8740 (36.3)
Lymphoma 4097 (18.0) 1004 (17.5) 376 (16.2) 5477 (17.7)
Brain tumor 3820 (16.7) 731 (12.7) 292 (12.6) 4843 (15.7)
Neuroblastoma 1600 (7.0) 302 (5.3) 121 (5.2) 2023 (6.6)
Kidney tumor 1814 (8.0) 566 (9.9) 167 (7.2) 2547 (8.3)
Soft-tissue sarcoma 1451 (6.4) 413 (7.2) 142 (6.1) 2006 (6.5)
Bone tumor 1704 (7.5) 326 (5.7) 121 (5.3) 2151 (7.0)
Other malignant neoplasm 0 387 (6.7) 249(10.8) 636 (2.1)
Treatment exposures
Doxorubicin 6686 (35.4) 1805 (31.8) 839 (36.3) 9330 (34.8)
Dose, median (IQR), mg/m2 198 (114-331) 150 (100-300) 185 (151-278) 181 (119-320)
Daunorubicin 2697 (16.7) 1084 (19.0) 652 (28.2) 4433 (18.0)
Dose, median (IQR), mg/m2 108 (98-265) 126 (120-175) 100 (50-105) 120 (99-208)
Epirubicin 1 (0.1) 340 (5.9) 1 (0.1) 342 (1.1)
Dose, median (IQR), mg/m2 175 300 (240-400) 270 300 (240-400)
Idarubicin 153 (1.1) 61 (1.1) 27 (1.2) 241 (1.1)
Dose, median (IQR), mg/m2 30 (20-41) 36 (35-36) 20 (11-36) 36 (20-40)
Mitoxantrone 99 (0.5) 139 (2.4) 27 (1.2) 265 (0.9)
Dose, median (IQR), mg/m2 47 (32-80) 40 (20-60) 50 (36-51) 40 (26-72)
Chest radiotherapy 4896 (22.9) 771 (13.4) 573 (24.8) 6240 (21.2)
Dose, median (IQR), Gy 26 (15-37) 24 (16-35) 25 (15-30) 25 (15-36)
Attained age, median (range), y 27.1 (5.6-40.0) 27.3 (5.1-40.0) 31.6 (18.9-40.0) 27.5 (5.1-40.0)
Cardiomyopathy casesb 270 (1.4) 106 (1.8) 23 (1.0) 399 (1.4)

Abbreviations: CCSS, Childhood Cancer Survivor Study; DCOG-LATER, Dutch Children’s Oncology Group LATER cohort; IQR, interquartile range; SJLIFE, St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.

a

Percentages may not match numbers because percentages reflect weighting used in the CCSS for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; reported median values and IQR also reflect weighting.

b

Defined using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, grade 3 or higher, requiring medical treatment, life-threatening, or fatal.