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. 2020 Jan 2:e195582. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5582

Table. Conditional Life Expectancy Among Survivors and General Population Comparator.

Subgroup Diagnosis Age, Mean, y Conditional Life Expectancy (95% Uncertainty Interval)a
General Population Comparator, y 5-y Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent, y Gap in Life Expectancyb
Years %
Overall cohort
1970-1979 8.1 65.1 (64.6-65.5) 48.5 (47.6-49.6) 16.5 (15.5-17.5) 25.4 (23.8-26.8)
1980-1989 7.2 66.0 (65.7-66.3) 53.7 (52.6-54.7) 12.3 (11.3-13.4) 18.6 (17.1-20.3)
1990-1999 6.9 66.3 (65.9-66.7) 57.1 (55.9-58.1) 9.2 (8.3-10.4) 13.9 (12.5-15.6)
No treatment or surgery only
1970-1979 7.3 65.9 (64.2-67.7) 58.9 (55.5-62.2) 7.0 (4.2-10.1) 10.6 (6.4-15.3)
1980-1989 6.0 67.3 (66.0-68.6) 61.0 (58.6-63.3) 6.3 (4.2-8.4) 9.3 (0.06-0.12)
1990-1999 6.4 67.1 (66.1-68.0) 61.2 (59.3-63.2) 5.8 (4.0-7.5) 8.7 (6.3-12.4)
Chemotherapy alone
1970-1979 7.8 65.3 (64.4-66.3) 54.3 (52.1-56.5) 11.0 (9.0-13.1) 16.8 (13.8-20.0)
1980-1989 6.2 67.0 (66.4-67.7) 59.2 (57.2-60.9) 7.9 (6.2-9.8) 11.7 (9.3-14.5)
1990-1999 6.1 67.1 (66.4-67.7) 61.1 (59.5-62.7) 6.0 (4.5-7.6) 8.9 (6.6-11.3)
Radiotherapy alone
1970-1979 10.9 62.3 (61.3-63.4) 41.3 (39.2-43.8) 21.0 (18.5-23.2) 33.7 (29.7-37.1)
1980-1989 9.9 63.4 (62.4-64.5) 44.5 (41.7-47.1) 18.9 (16.4-21.7) 29.8 (25.9-34.2)
1990-1999 9.6 63.8 (62.2-65.5) 46.2 (42.8-49.4) 17.6 (14.2-21.2) 27.5 (22.5 -33.0)
Chemoradiotherapy
1970-1979 7.5 65.6 (65.0-66.1) 47.6 (46.4-48.9) 17.9 (16.7-19.2) 27.3 (25.5-29.2)
1980-1989 7.6 65.5 (65.0-66.0) 50.1 (48.4-51.6) 15.4 (14.0-17.1) 23.5 (21.4-26.1)
1990-1999 8.2 65.0 (64.4-65.7) 50.3 (48.4-52.0) 14.8 (13.1-16.7) 22.7 (20.1-25.6)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia only
1970-1979 5.6 67.6 (66.8-68.3) 52.9 (51.0-54.8) 14.7 (12.8-16.5) 21.8 (18.9-24.5)
1980-1989 5.7 67.8 (67.1-68.4) 56.8 (54.9-59.2) 10.9 (8.5-12.9) 16.1 (12.5-18.9)
1990-1999 7.1 67.7 (66.8-68.6) 59.7 (57.9-61.6) 8.0 (6.2-9.7) 11.8 (9.1-14.2)
a

Conditional on surviving cancer for 5 years and the matched time points for the general population comparator.

b

Compared with the general population comparator.