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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Oncol. 2020 Mar 4;47(1):23–39. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.02.007

TABLE 3.

Profile of late effects risks by common pediatric malignancies

Pediatric malignancy Contemporary frontline
therapeutic modalities*
Potential late effects
Acute lymphoblastic
leukemia & Non-Hodgkin
lymphoma
Glucocorticoids
Vinca alkaloids
Antimetabolites
Anthracyclines
Alkylating agents
Bone mineral density deficits
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Cognitive deficits
Cardiomyopathy
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Acute myeloid leukemia Anthracyclines
Antimetabolites
Epipodophyllotoxins
Cardiomyopathy
Ewing sarcoma Surgical resection
Epipodophyllotoxins
Alkylating Agents
Anthracyclines
Vinca alkaloids
Primary/metastatic site irradiation
Functional deficits
Secondary leukemia
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Cardiomyopathy
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Subsequent neoplasms
Hodgkin lymphoma Glucocorticoids
Vinca alkaloids
Anthracyclines
Alkylating agents
Involved node radiation
Bone mineral density deficits
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Cardiomyopathy
Pulmonary fibrosis
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Hypothyroidism
Subsequent neoplasms
Medulloblastoma Surgical resection
Vinca alkaloids
Alkylating agents
Heavy metals
Craniospinal irradiation
Neurologic deficits
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Neuroendocrine dysfunction
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Hearing loss
Renal dysfunction
Cognitive deficits
Vasculopathy/stroke
Neuroblastoma Surgical resection
Epipodophyllotoxins
Alkylating agents
Anthracyclines
Heavy metals
Immunotherapy
Secondary leukemia
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Hearing loss
Renal toxicity
Cardiomyopathy
Subsequent neoplasms
Osteosarcoma Surgical resection
Antimetabolites
Alkylating agents
Heavy metals
Functional deficits
Renal dysfunction
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Cardiomyopathy
Hearing loss
Rhabdomyosarcoma Surgical resection
Vinca alkaloids
Anthracyclines
Involved site radiation
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Cardiomyopathy
Subsequent neoplasms
Wilms tumor Nephrectomy
Vinca alkaloids
Anthracyclines
Primary/metastatic site irradiation
Renal dysfunction
Kyphoscoliosis
Peripheral and/or sensory neuropathy
Gonadal dysfunction/infertility
Cardiomyopathy
Subsequent neoplasms
*

Exposures listed may vary as therapy is stratified based on clinical and pathological features of pediatric malignancy and early response to therapy.

The risk of specific late effects varies in magnitude based on specific agents and modalities and dose; survivors with favorable and responsive malignancies may have substantially lower risks for specific late effects due to limited exposures of the agents and modalities listed.